This survey of 110 adults in 24 states provides information regarding how adults with visual disabilities arrange transportation, what they perceive to be the sources of frustration they face regarding their nondriving status, and how they perceive nondriving to affect their life-styles. In addition, the respondents reported on the extent to which they believed different categories of persons in their lives understand the logistical and psychosocial impact of being a nondriver.
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