Within the White Cane Visually Impaired Week reminding that 2.2 billion people in the world have vision impairment or loss of vision according to the World Health Organization, Abdülkadir Gayretli stated that 86% of the visually impaired people are unemployed and talked about the importance of disabled employment. To the question "How much do we protect the white cane?" Gayretli answered: "We could not reach the desired point in the employment of the disabled."
Within the White Cane Visually Impaired Week reminding that 2.2 billion people in the world have vision impairment or loss of vision according to the World Health Organization, Abdülkadir Gayretli stated that 86% of the visually impaired people are unemployed and talked about the importance of disabled employment. To the question "How much do we protect the white cane?" Gayretli answered: "We could not reach the desired point in the employment of the disabled."
“86% OF THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED PEOPLE ARE UNEMPLOYED”
Emphasizing that only 1578 persons with disabilities of 11,700 visually impaired applicants are employed in Turkey according to the data of İŞKUR, Abdülkadir Gayretli, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Istanbul Gelisim University, said: “86% of the visually impaired are unemployed. We have not reached the desired point in the employment of the disabled. Visually impaired people and the White Cane need to be protected more.”
