Career and Job Adjustment Problems for Visually Impaired Persons

Abstract

Visually impaired persons must face many adjustment problems in daily life because it is quite difficult for them to adapt the society and to adjust themselves with their disability. The World Health Organization (WHO, 2018) believes that there are about 253 million visually impaired people around the world. A lot of individuals suffer various difficulties, including poor socioeconomic status, discrimination, judgment, and insufficient access to healthcare services, unemployment, and a shortage of societal assistance. The aim of this study was to find out the factors that influence visually impaired persons in their career and job adjustment. The sample of the study was consisted of 50 persons (16 male and 34 female). Data was collected from different institutes of Lahore. Cross sectional research design was used in research which was descriptive in nature. The questionnaire was developed for visually impaired persons to explore the career and job adjustment problems among them. The results showed that percentage of visually impaired females at job are more as compared to males which means females getting more job opportunity and more adjusted to their job environment as compared to visually impaired male. The rate of qualification among visually impaired persons enhanced. It is concluded that visually impaired females were getting more jobs as compare to visually impaired males. It showed that visually impaired females were more satisfied with their job environment. It recommends that the head of an organization should provide a healthy environment free of negative attitudes. Government should provide opportunities to develop their learning methods. The negative public attitude towards people who are visually impaired should be minimized.