El empleo es un medio de desarrollo económico y social que permite mejorar la calidad de vida de las personas e incrementar su sentimiento de pertenencia en tanto les permite generar una contribución productiva a la sociedad. En el caso de las personas con discapacidad, el acceso al empleo suele ser limitado debido a que existen barreras educativas, económicas y culturales que impiden la participación de este colectivo en la vida laboral. Actualmente existen 1‘575,402 personas con discapacidad en el Perú, de las cuales 801,185 cuentan con discapacidad visual. Esto quiere decir que son personas con baja visión o ceguera. Tomando en cuenta el difícil acceso al empleo de este colectivo, el objetivo de la presente investigación es estudiar a una organización de la sociedad civil llamada Ágora Perú, encargada de fomentar la inserción laboral de personas invidentes a nivel nacion...

Employment is a way of economic and social development, it leads people to improve their quality of life and increase their sense of belonging, as it allows them to generate a productive contribution to society. For people with disabilities, the access to employment is usually limited because of the educational, economic and cultural barriers that prevent the participation of this group in working life; however, they have different types of skills to perform productive tasks that ensure they can maintain a stable and long term employment. It is important to know what these skills are and how they influence the employability of this group. Also, it is responsibility of the society to generate spaces for the development of this group that the government and the market have left aside.

El empleo es un medio de desarrollo económico y social que permite mejorar la calidad de vida de las personas e incrementar su sentimiento de pertenencia en tanto les permite generar una contribución productiva a la sociedad. En el caso de las personas con discapacidad, el acceso al empleo suele ser limitado debido a que existen barreras educativas, económicas y culturales que impiden la participación de este colectivo en la vida laboral. Actualmente existen 1‘575,402 personas con discapacidad en el Perú, de las cuales 801,185 cuentan con discapacidad visual. Esto quiere decir que son personas con baja visión o ceguera. Tomando en cuenta el difícil acceso al empleo de este colectivo, el objetivo de la presente investigación es estudiar a una organización de la sociedad civil llamada Ágora Perú, encargada de fomentar la inserción laboral de personas invidentes a nivel nacion...

Employment is a way of economic and social development, it leads people to improve their quality of life and increase their sense of belonging, as it allows them to generate a productive contribution to society. For people with disabilities, the access to employment is usually limited because of the educational, economic and cultural barriers that prevent the participation of this group in working life; however, they have different types of skills to perform productive tasks that ensure they can maintain a stable and long term employment. It is important to know what these skills are and how they influence the employability of this group. Also, it is responsibility of the society to generate spaces for the development of this group that the government and the market have left aside.

Employment is a way of economic and social development, it leads people to improve their quality of life and increase their sense of belonging, as it allows them to generate a productive contribution to society. For people with disabilities, the access to employment is usually limited because of the educational, economic and cultural barriers that prevent the participation of this group in working life; however, they have different types of skills to perform productive tasks that ensure they can maintain a stable and long term employment. It is important to know what these skills are and how they influence the employability of this group. Also, it is responsibility of the society to generate spaces for the development of this group that the government and the market have left aside.