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Article: Study shows blind and visually impaired women fare worse economically.
- Article from:
- American Rehabilitation
- Article date:
- September 22, 1989
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Study Shows Blind and Visually Impaired Women Fare Worse Economically
An education does not provide economic opportunity for blind and visually impaired women equal to that provided to their sighted peers, male or female, or to blind and visually impaired men, according to the preliminary results of a 3-year national study conducted by the American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) and Mississippi State University.
The preliminary survey results, based on a study of 379 employed people, were announced recently at AFB's 65th Research Practice Seminar held in conjunction with the Southeast Regional Conference of the Association for Education and Rehabilitation ...