Visual Impairment and Work

Visual Impairment and Work
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Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Total Pages : 195
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ISBN-10 : 9781317173748
ISBN-13 : 1317173740
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Book Synopsis Visual Impairment and Work by : Sally French

Download or read book Visual Impairment and Work written by Sally French and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2017-02-17 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book traces the development of paid work for visually impaired people in the UK from the 18th century to the present day. It gives a voice to visually impaired people to talk about their working lives and documents the history of employment from their experience, an approach which is severely lacking in the current literature about visual impairment and employment. By analysing fifty in-depth face-to-face interviews with visually impaired people talking about their working lives (featuring those who have worked in traditional jobs such as telephony, physiotherapy and piano tuning, to those who have pursued more unusual occupations and professions), and grouping them according to occupation and framed by documentary, historical research, these stories can be situated in their broader political, economic, ideological and cultural contexts. The themes that emerge will help to inform present day policy and practice within a context of high unemployment amongst visually impaired people of working age. It is part of a growing literature which gives voice to disabled people about their own lives and which adds to the growing academic discipline of disability studies and the empowerment of disabled people.


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