Self-help programs, developing from the needs of those they intend to serve, can become (along with traditional modes of providing services) an important model and ancillary vehicle for the delivery of quality services to people with sight loss. Because participants in self-help programs are both the providers and the consumers of the programs they initiate and maintain, the very nature of the delivery system itself fosters quality in those services delivered. This paper examines the efficacy of some self-help programs.
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