Tony Baechler <speakup at linux-speakup.org> wrote: >I agree with Jason that often it's too bad for them because >employers do pay attention to such things. People often complain about the >high unemployment rate of the blind, but literacy has a lot to do with it. >I would argue that the illiteracy rate and unemployment rate are related. Here is a summary of a study which suggests you are right: http://www.blindcanadians.ca/publications/cbm/8/new-research-study-early-braille-education-vital-establishing-lifelong-literacy I don't know to what extent it is consistent with other research findings reported in the literature.
