The Blind Have A Hard Time Getting Jobs Because Of Social Stigma

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) -- Back in the late 1980s, when Maura Mazzocca was a human resources administrator with a Boston-area firm, a blind man showed up to apply for a job. Today, she remembers the encounter ruefully. "What I kept thinking about was, 'How can this man work in a manufacturing company?'" Mazzocca recalled, saying she looked past his abilities and saw only his disability. "I wish now I'd given him a chance." That reflectiveness is heartfelt. Mazzocca lost her own eyesight in 1994 th...