Not Pensions—but a chance to work

In: Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, Band 50, Heft 5, S. 157-165

Abstract

[This is a statement by Henry Viscardi, President of Abilities, Incorporated, of West Hempstead, New York, to the Senate Committee on Finance, on March 1, 1956. Mr. Viscardi here gives the reasons for his apprehension at the proposal to lower the age limit for eligibility for social security benefits for disabled persons. He supports his reasons with his experience at demonstrating the achievements attendant upon providing genuine employment opportunities in competitive industry for disabled people. His account of philosophy and method in rehabilitation and adjustment is of vital interest to all those concerned with problems of blindness. The statement, particularly the last portion consisting of dialogue at the hearing session, is only slightly revised and edited to lend itself more nearly to the usual style of publication in this journal. No part of the essential statement has been deleted.— Editor.]