Integration of Visually Handicapped People in the Labour Market - project "How to Succeed in the Labour Market"

POJSLOVÁ, Klára. Integration of Visually Handicapped People in the Labour Market - project "How to Succeed in the Labour Market". Praha: Philosophical Faculty, Charles University, 2011, 84 pp. Master's Thesis. The thesis titled "Integration of Visually Handicapped People in the Labour Market - the project "How to Succeed in the Labour Market" deals with the issue of jobs for people with visual disabilities in the open labour market. The main aim of the thesis is to identify the barriers which visually handicapped people have to face that affect their employment, and subsequently assess the effectiveness of the project "How to succeed in the labour market." This thesis firstly discusses the theory of employment of people with visual disabilities. Apart from the definition of "person with visual impairment" as such the thesis discusses the importance of job as one of the tools to meet self-realization needs and also possibilities of support when the job is lost. This thesis specifically deals with the status of visually handicapped people in the open labour market with an emphasis on existing barriers that hinder their employment. Last but not least the thesis contents an information about the project "How to succeed in the labour market", which main objective was to increase skills and develop key..