Welcome to the Professional home of Randy reed (Changeling) on the Internet!!!

To embrace the grey so others see themselves more clearly.

The picture shows a person from the chest up, standing outdoors. They are bald and looking slightly upwards towards the camera with a neutral expression. They are wearing a light pink button-up shirt with a grey t-shirt visible underneath. Around their neck, there is a gold chain with a small pendant. On their left chest, there is a name tag that reads "Lighthouse Vision Loss Education Center, Randy Reed, Accessibility & Inclusion Specialist." Behind them, there are green palm leaves at the top, a building with a yellow wall and red trim, and a window with black bars. There are also string lights hanging from the building's eaves.
The picture shows a person from the chest up, standing outdoors. They are bald and looking slightly upwards towards the camera with a neutral expression. They are wearing a light pink button-up shirt with a grey t-shirt visible underneath. Around their neck, there is a gold chain with a small pendant. On their left chest, there is a name tag that reads "Lighthouse Vision Loss Education Center, Randy Reed, Accessibility & Inclusion Specialist." Behind them, there are green palm leaves at the top, a building with a yellow wall and red trim, and a window with black bars. There are also string lights hanging from the building's eaves.

introduction

Hello, my name is Randy Reed, and I have been blind since birth due to a genetic defect. I am the partner in crime to a rescue cat named Alex, and we enjoy listening to music, watching TV and reading books together. Independently of Alex, I also enjoy swimming, walking, rollercoasters and motorcycle rides. I also collect dragons and enjoy vintage video game soundtracks. Click here for an answer to the question Why Changeling?

professional Background

I earned my B.A. in communication from Florida Gulf Coast University in 2011. Unwilling to accept a job that would trap me in an office cubicle with only a gold watch at the end of the Loyal Service Rainbow, I used my writing skills and methods of persuasion to convince Western Michigan University that I was a good candidate for their Blindness and Low Vision Studies graduate program. I earned my M.A. and became a Certified Vision Rehabilitation Therapist in August, 2014. I began working for my current employer, lighthouse education Center, in September of the same year. I taught compensatory skills that would allow adults to live independently with vision loss for three years, and then became an access technology instructor. I taught adults with vision loss how to access their computers, smartphones and tablets until I experienced burn-out/compassion fatigue last year.

I currently continue serving lighthouse as an Accessibility and inclusion Specialist. I spend my time collaborating with our agency’s departments and teams to make sure that everyone can partake in our services. It involves research, product trials, finding creative solutions to barriers to access and more. I am also involved with education for those who have people in their life living with vision loss. Check out my Indeed profile for a more traditional professional history.

Service Learning

I have been and continue to be involved with a number of volunteer (service learning for my fellow FGCU graduates) efforts. Here are some examples:

Contact

You can click here to go to my Fantastical scheduling page, click here to send an email, or visit the socials page for a list of social media handles on the platforms where I am present.