Visual Impairment and Work: Experiences of Visually Impaired People

ISBN-13: 9780367595357 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 186 str.

Sally French

Opis

This book traces the development of paid work for visually impaired people in the UK from the 18th century to the present day. By analysing fifty in-depth face-to-face interviews, it gives a voice to visually impaired people to talk about their working lives and documents the history of employment from their experience. The themes that emerge wi

Spis treści

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Part 1: Visually impaired people and employment: An historical overview

Chapter 1. Manual work and the workshops

Chapter 2. Professional and commercial work

Part 2: The Stories

Chapter 3. Careers in health, rehabilitation, social work and social care

Chapter 4. Careers in music

Chapter 5. Careers in teaching and computing

Chapter 6. Manual and commercial occupations

Chapter 7. Miscellaneous careers and occupations

Chapter 8. Commonality and diversity: insights from the stories

Recommendations and conclusion

References

O autorze

Sally French has worked in higher education since 1978 and has worked at the University of East London, The Open University (as a tutor and course-writer), The University of Winchester and Hatfield University all in the UK.