The Occupational Integration of the Blind (Company Survey)

Description of the situation of company and support measures in
companies that employ the blind. Topics: economic area; production in
the company or services offered; employees altogether; proportion of
women; blind or severely visually handicapped in the company; reasons
for employment; experiences with employment of the blind up to now and
future intent to hire the blind; necessary qualifications of blind
employees; experiences with training facilities for the blind and
evaluation of them; measures suggested to better integrate visually
handicapped in working life; characteristics of the blind and visually
handicapped employees as well as occupational position; activities of
the employees; personal support of blind employees by readers, at work,
on the way in the company and with conflicts; necessary occupational
and social qualifications of blind employees in the company; necessity
of knowledge of the employee of Braille, Braille short-hand, Braille
stenography for the activities exercised. Demography: information on
personnel manager interviewed or conversation partner: sex; age in
years; duration of employment in company or department; company
position in years; blind in personal social surroundings.