A Meta-Synthesis on the Employment of Visually Impaired Individuals in the Philippines

Abstract

Abstract: This study provided a meta-synthesis of the difficulties, opportunities, and experiences of visually challenged people seeking employment in the Philippines. The study included 15 of the 343 studies that passed the screening process utilising a set of inclusion and exclusion criteria. The flow diagram for the Preferred Reporting Items for Meta-Analyses and Systematic Reviews was used to organize the chosen papers (PRISMA). We gathered pertinent research articles using the Publish or Perish programme and academic sourceslike Google Scholar and Scopus. Braun and Clarke's six-step thematic analysis was used in conjunction with constant comparison to identify 15 themes as well as 2 emergent meta- themes. According to the findings, visually impaired people face a variety of employment-related obstacles, including hiring discrimination and a lack of access to opportunities. Their ability to deal with the Philippine employment system has come to depend on their level of education, family support, and access to social assistance. In order to give visually impaired people recognition and more accessible career prospects, it is advised that thereis a need for recognition, more training programmes, and enforcement of government rules.