Friday, May 2, 2025

VOCATIONAL TRAINING AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO TRADITIONAL COLLEGE

ADAPTABLE SKILLS AND FLEXIBLE CAREERS FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES

Vocational training gave Cassidy Nilles a flexible career.

MDA Ambassador Cassidy Nilles launched her career through vocational training and plans to take that route again when she reenters the workforce.

While growing up in the Chicago suburbs, she wanted to be a hairstylist. She liked the idea of being her own boss and having a career right out of high school.

“From junior year on, I spent every day of the week training for what I wanted to do,” Cassidy says.

“I lived and worked in Los Angeles for about three years — as long as I could after being diagnosed with limb-girdle muscular dystrophy [LGMD] at age 20.”

She liked controlling her destiny and earning money via talent and hard work.

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