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In 2019, Mariah Barber was diagnosed with keratoconus, an eye condition that dramatically altered her vision. She had been working in public health, as a project and grants manager, for eight years when her sudden change in circumstances forced her to figure out how to navigate human resources and advocate for the accommodations she needed to do her job.
And that, she said, was a painfully cumbersome process.
“I wanted to make it a better experience for the next person coming behind me,” Barber said, “that they could access a more seamless way to figure out what accommodation options there are out there and how to get started on figuring out which one could best support you and your role.”
She partnered with Lauren Mills,…
Read the full story from the Washington Business Journal.
