Attitude top barrier to employment for the blind

Visual disabilities to double in 25 years, firms need to do more to accommodate

Attitude is the number one barrier to employment for people with a visual disability, according to Kaye Leslie, manager of workforce diversity at Scotiabank in Toronto, who herself has only two per cent of her vision because of juvenile macular degeneration.

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