In 1972, the Maryland School for the Blind conducted a survey of employers in the state to determine how many blind persons were employed (and in what kinds of jobs) and employer attitudes toward hiring the handicapped. Former students of the school were surveyed to determine their feelings about the vocational education they received at the school and their suggestions for changes and improvements. Using this data, a pilot vocational education program was planned. Later phases of the project will include establishing the pilot program in the school and, based on that experience, setting up a comprehensive vocational education center there.
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