Blind Ambition ; Management Seminars Help Turn Sightless Workers Into Executives

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Kelly Hightower-Spruillcan't see what happens at a new business seminar, but she does visualize the program opening more doors for a higher level job.

Ms. Hightower-Spruill, a 33-year-old, Raleigh, N.C., resident, is one of 29 blind employees participating in a business management- training workshop designed to prepare blind people for senior management roles in the blind community and corporate America.

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Blind Ambition ; Management Seminars Help Turn Sightless Workers Into Executives

The program, which started this week in Falls Church and will run in segments for 18 months, is presented by the National Industries for the Blind, an Alexandria nonprofit group that employs bl...

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