Looking at the history of segregation in education and the workplace for blind and handicapped persons, together with the relationship of segregation to social attitudes and to opportunity, the author poses the question of the relevance of sheltered workshops today. The El Paso Lighthouse “enclave with industry” program is presented as one model for moving toward a “natural proportion” environment.
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