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A Jewish Community Center Addresses the Needs of the Visually Impaired Older Adult
Publication Date: January 1986
Publisher(s): Jewish Communal Service Association of North America
Author(s): Selma Sweetbaum
Series: Journal of Jewish Communal Service, 63:2
Special Collection: Berman Jewish Policy Archive
Topic: Culture and religion (Religion and religious groups)
Population and demographics (Disabled)
Keywords: Health; Elderly; Disability
Type: Report
Coverage: United States
Abstract:
"Blindness is not a handicap. It is an inconvenience." This is the fundamental premise undergirding the Internal Light Program at the Jewish Community Center of Greater Washington, a belief that the visually impaired older adult can actively participate in life—at the Center and in his community and that a visually impaired older adult can continue to make a contribution to the community.