The author is the new Principal of the National Mobility Centre. In this article, she gives a brief outline of her own pro fessional training and career, and argues that her experience has shaped her views o f the whole process of rehabilitation and of the kind of training required for professional work with the visually impaired. She writes as a practitioner in the belief that subjective comment, if confirmed by a sufficient number of people, can be a basis for objective research and stimulus.
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