Dumb post to the Stargardts Facebook group

[Jason White]

Tony Baechler  <speakup at linux-speakup.org> wrote:
>I agree with Jason that often it's too bad for them because 
>employers do pay attention to such things.  People often complain about the 
>high unemployment rate of the blind, but literacy has a lot to do with it. 
>I would argue that the illiteracy rate and unemployment rate are related.

Here is a summary of a study which suggests you are right:
http://www.blindcanadians.ca/publications/cbm/8/new-research-study-early-braille-education-vital-establishing-lifelong-literacy

I don't know to what extent it is consistent with other research findings
reported in the literature.