title: Disability abated: audio-cassettes for the visually impaired.
abstract: The paper reports on aspects of a nation-wide interview study of a sample of 320 visually impaired people. Visually impaired people are evidently keen to keep abreast of news and current affairs. They answer their needs in this respect to a modest extent through braille material, and on a large scale by means of television and especially radio. Audio-cassettes play a surprisingly important role, particularly recordings of newspapers and other periodicals. They are used regularly by a large majority of blind people. Reactions to audio-cassettes are enormously positive. They appear to provide not only information, but also companionship, purpose and meaning. The survey suggests that need and demand for a nation-wide audio-cassette service is substantial.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Evaluation of Research, West London Institute, Isleworth, Middlesex.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Marsland
authors.forename: A S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Leoussi
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Norcross
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001296:Audiovisual Aids; D003142:Communication; D003143:Communication Devices for People with Disabilities / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015354:Vision, Low / Q000523:psychology*