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2011 8 95-136 * ** *** Protection or Restriction? Employment Quota Policy and Life Experiences of Persons with Visual Impairment in Labor Market by KUO Feng-Cheng & CHANG Heng-hao Keywords: Employment Quota policy, visually impaired persons, the right to work, discrimination, social model of disability, ableism 2010 7 3 2011 2 21 Received: July 3, 2010; in revised form: February 21, 2011. * NSC 97-2410-H-305-068-MY2 2009 ** 10049 28 5 3 E-mail: pc.yunfeng@gmail.com *** 23741 151 E-mail: henghaoc@mail.ntpu.edu.tw

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097 Abstract The Taiwan government has adopted an employment quota policy which has established a fixed quota for employees in both the public and private sectors to hire people with disabilities in order to improve the participation of disabled people in the labor market. This study interviewed thirty-three persons with visual impairments and discussed the impacts of the employment quota system on them. As a result, this study demonstrates that employers usually prefer people with minor impairments and exclude persons with visual impairment. An employment quota policy increases the job opportunities for persons with disabilities; however, without proper support in the work environment, it is still very difficult for people with visual impairment to get into the labor market. When people with visual impairment enter this market, it is not easy to fit in or to keep the job, and in some cases, they are hired to work as a massager for other co-workers. This research suggests that the disability employment policy should not ignore the diversity of disabled persons. From the perspective of a social model of disability, the policy should address the disabling environment in the workplace rather than fixed quotas.

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