In 1999, the World Blind Union's (WBU) Committee on Rehabilitation and Employment surveyed WBU member organizations, with the goal of establishing an index of jobs performed by visually impaired adults throughout the world. This article describes the research process, including development of the instrument, and reports the results of the survey.
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