Vision Rehabilitation Services at a Crossroads

摘要

Following World War II, troops who were blinded in combat returned home. At that time, the Veterans Administration (now the Department of Veterans Affairs) lacked specialized services to provide rehabilitation for these veterans. Although these services existed through the army and civilian agencies, this was a time of change, and a controversy developed over who would provide services to those who were blinded in the war (Bled-soe, 1997). Civilian agencies, the military, and the Veterans Administration all wanted to serve these blind veterans.