2020 VISION – Identifying Methods of Improving the two-way participation between established and new communities, promoting inclusion in lifelong learning and employment.

According to data from the Central Statistical Office in Poland live VISUALLY IMPAIRED persons in all age groups. The employment rate for people with vision dysfunction is about 14.5% (average). In the EU 42-50%. Blind people - unemployment rates

- low level of integration between the people – we don’t see very often blind people on the street, and if we do, they are usually accompanied by guides - lack of common acceptation of disabilities – which affects motivation and actions of potential employers. It doesn’t come from malice, but mostly from ignorance Barriers of blind people on the labour market - Why don’t employers want to hire disabled / blind people? Analyze of literature and researches Barriers of blind people on the labour market - Why don’t employers want to hire disabled / blind people? Analyze of literature and researches

- people are afraid of what is unknown to them. They prefer to hire people without disabilities - employers often don’t have knowledge about rules of hiring disabled people, including the visually impaired, and have poor knowledge about possibilities of reimbursements -some employers, who are familiar with the rules of employment of people with disabilities, think that the subsidies are not profitable for them Why don’t employers want to hire disabled / blind people? Why don’t employers want to hire disabled / blind people?

- an additional problem concerns the architectural barriers for the people in the wheelchair. In the case of the visually impaired people, the problem for employer is unsuitable work place, lack of a Brail ruler, lack of speech synthesizer. Employers don’t have the knowledge that they can obtain reimbursements for this kind of equipment Why don’t employers want to hire disabled / blind people? Why don’t employers want to hire disabled / blind people?