Jacobs K
Rehabilitation (Stuttg). 1975 Aug;14(3):175-81.
The problems faced by blind adolescents when leaving special schools to enter employment differ considerably from those encountered by people who lost their sight during adulthood. The realisation of the fact that their blindness leaves little occupational choice often results in job apathy. It is, however, especially work capacity and occupational activity which serve again and again, in discussions on the full integration of the blind, as proof of the visually impaired's equal position within society. In particular W. Thimm has proved that blindness has a decisive impact on the social position of the individual blind person as well as the whole disability group of the blind, because this is essentially determinated by the employment status. The individual job performance of some blind is generalised too rapidly. The fear that jobs carried out by the blind are jeopardised by the increasing automation is certainly not unfounded, especially in large enterprises. At present, however, it is not possible to make a prognosis on whether in the future job opportunities for the blind will be available or not in certain branches of industry or in specific branches of production (this varies from one firm to another and is dependent upon many other factors). Consequently, it seems to be necessary for institutions involved in the vocational training of the blind to adjust in due course to the new situation in the theoretical and practical implementation of rehabilitation.
失明青少年离开特殊学校进入职场时所面临的问题，与成年后失明的人所遇到的问题有很大不同。意识到失明使他们几乎没有职业选择，这往往导致他们对工作冷漠。然而，在关于盲人全面融入社会的讨论中，工作能力和职业活动一次又一次地被用作证明视障人士在社会中平等地位的证据。特别是W. 蒂姆证明，失明对个体盲人以及整个盲人残疾群体的社会地位有决定性影响，因为这在很大程度上取决于就业状况。一些盲人的个人工作表现被过快地一概而论。担心盲人从事的工作会因自动化程度提高而受到威胁，这并非毫无根据，尤其是在大企业中。然而，目前还无法预测未来在某些工业部门或特定生产领域是否会有盲人的就业机会（这因公司而异，且取决于许多其他因素）。因此，参与盲人职业培训的机构似乎有必要在适当时候在康复的理论和实践实施方面适应新情况。
