Operations Manual for Placement of the Physically HandicappedU.S. Government Printing Office, 1943 |
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Page 111 - blind," "totally blind," "visually handicapped," and "partially blind" mean having central visual acuity not to exceed 20/200 in the better eye, with corrected lenses, as measured by the Snellen test, or visual acuity greater than 20/200, but with a limitation in the field of vision such that the widest diameter of the visual field subtends an angle not greater than 20 degrees.
Page 111 - are especially proficient in manual occupations requiring a delicate sense of touch. They are well suited to jobs which are repetitious in nature." Again: "The placement of persons who are blind presents various special problems. Small groups of positions in sheltered environments, involving repetitive work, were surveyed in government establishments and were found to have placement potentialities for the blind.
Page 111 - In this study, involving 685 handicapped workers employed during the period from 1929 to 1931, it was found that 23.5 percent of the handicapped group were injured, whereas 39.1 percent of the control group of nonhandicapped persons employed during the same period were injured.
Page 111 - This would seem to indicate that generally there is greater caution on the part of handicapped workers in avoiding accidents, and if placed in suitable jobs, are no more and possibly less liable to injury than are the nonhandicapped.