The Unfulfilled Promise

Sonia is a registered blind person of Afro-Caribbean origin. After losing her sight as a teenager, she went to a school for the blind, where she learned how to type, read Braille and to use a long cane, among other things. When she left school, she went to a college for the blind where she trained as a shorthand-audio typist. On leaving college, she went to work for her local authority. After working in Local Government for ten years, she returned to full-time education. When she completed her E