We are geographically dispersed and used to working in new and rapidly changing situations. Most of us are familiar with technology since we have been applying various forms of assistive work technology to enable persons with severe disabilities to enter new fields of employment. To keep up, VR must move toward applying the new technology, specifically the Internet, in our normal work environment. As VR moves in that direction, work will be done in a variety of places and times. Rehabilitation may become a virtual organization working more effectively with the community and in the community.
Communication is the heart of our profession.
Developing the counseling relationship with clients, the working relationship with our fellow professionals, and the business relationship with employers are all predicated on communication. Rehabilitation professionals are experts at individual and group communication. In the past, VR relied on the available technology, the black rotary dial phone and the U.S. Postal Service. Eventually manual typewriters gave way to electric typewriters. The single-line phone started to develop buttons along with more lines.