Gratification and Social Adjustment of Blind Children in District Faisalabad, Pakistan

Abstract

Most of the blind people live in the developing countries with the blindness rate 10-20 times higher than that
developed countries. Especially special children face many social and economic problems blind children. Such children want to
have special attention regarding their social adjustment. The study was designed to identify and analyze the need satisfaction
and social adjustment of blind children in Faisalabad, Pakistan. The universe of the present study was particularly comprised of
blind educational institutions in Faisalabad. Eighty respondents were selected through convenient sampling technique. The data
were collected through well designed interview schedule. The study revealed that a large majority 78.8% of the respondents of
the total reported that that they faced blindness since birth. A mainstream of the population 52.5% reported that their parents
paid attention during their sickness and 47.5% of the respondents reported that they discussed their personal problems with their
parents.