The impact of braille reading skills on employment, income, education, and reading habits

Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 219-226

  Ryles, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; BRAILLE; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; READING; UNEMPLOYMENT; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0029982630     PISSN: 0145482X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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