Newcastle Walmart employee named Deaf-Blind Awareness Week spokesperson

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NEWCASTLE, Okla. Concern about losing her remaining vision once held Sonya Cochran back more than her deaf-blindness, a condition many associate with American author, lecturer and humanitarian Hellen Keller.

Governor Kevin Stitt issued a proclamation recognizing Cochran as the official spokesperson for Helen Keller Deaf-Blind Awareness Week.

Oklahoma Department of Rehabilitation Services, which hosts the annual event June 21 through 27, asked her to accept this honor for a second time.

Cochran previously served as DRS spokesperson in 2017.

DRS STEM training for students with disabilities: Online and doing fine!

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OKLAHOMA CITY – Free Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) camps funded by the Oklahoma Department of Rehabilitation Services will be “online and doing fine” this summer in seven locations around the state.

DRS partners with Rick and Sherri DeDennaux from Tech-Now, Inc.to offer the three-day online Virtual Summer STEM Camps in seven areas.

The camps are scheduled from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in Meeker, Ada, Tuska, Oklahoma City, Lawton, Owasso and Tulsa.

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