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Beyond sight - Bob Woods is the global IT director for a multinational, multimillion-dollar company. And he's legally blind.(Company Operations)
BOB WOODS' DAYS are not only a blur of activity but of shapes and colors, too. Woods, director of global IT for Tarrytown, N.Y.-based Ampacet, a plastics manufacturer with $750 million in annual sales, is legally blind. With the aid of adaptive technology, such as screen magnifiers and e-mail-text-to-speech readers, and with a nearly flawless memory, Woods not only copes, he surmounts his visual limitations.
"Bob succeeds because he does not think of himself as disabled," says Woods' direct report, Mohammed Kermanshaghi, Ampacet's system administrator. "Nor do we. Since he does not ask for or expect special treatment from us, we treat him the same as everyone ...
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