| Description | Interview with Jean Russell, proof reader at the Scottish braille press. She continues to talk about her education at boarding school, being conditioned by teachers with 'Victorian minds' to accept and conform to the established position of blind people in society, the difficulties for older blind people in learning new mobility and orientation techniques and the kinds of orientation skills she learnt at school. Mr Morrison, a press operator, joins the conversation to talk about the difficulties in learning mobility and orientation and the importance of confidence (tracks 1-3).
John Broadley, Scottish braille press, continues to talk about the achievements of the National League of the Blind in driving improvements in blind welfare services in education, training and employment, the need for voluntary organisations to modernise their attitudes and undertake research and employ more blind people in administrative posts because they have a better understanding of the issues. He suggests models of employment terms and conditions and discusses low rates of sickness absence amongst people with disabilities and instances of discrimination against blind people in employment. He talks about the imposition of discipline in schools for blind children and the differences between blind and sighted teachers, the restrictions placed by school headteachers on opportunities for individuals to undertake vocational training or enter higher education and the random nature of the system of selecting people for particular jobs (tracks 4-10)
Total: 32.56 mins
Dubber's reference number: PLA KF565D0998180 |