Job retention: Perspectives of individuals with blindness and low vision.
BACKGROUND: People with blindness and low vision (BLV) encounter many obstacles in retaining employment. Recent legislation has refocused vocational rehabilitation (VR) efforts toward job retention and career advancement among persons with disabilities. OBJECTIVE: We investigated the skills, includi...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation Vol. 57; no. 2; pp. 127 - 141 |
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Sage Publications Inc.
2022
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