Occupational classifications and salaries were obtained from Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA) for visually impaired men and women closed to competitive employment in fiscal year 1981. Data for women from one midwestern state during the same year show that larger percentages were placed in clerical and service occupations, and a smaller percentage closed to professional occupations than for the total cases (both men and women) reported closed by RSA. Salaries were below the national average; incomes of visually impaired persons lag behind the general population.
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