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Wong, Meng Ee – British Journal of Visual Impairment, 2004
For a country such as Japan where higher education is historically and widely esteemed, the visually-impaired community's incongruous departure from the university route to a vocational one is considered in relation to post-school choices. The predominance of the "riryoka" vocation for the visually-impaired (VI) largely influences…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Visual Impairments, Career Choice