“…Based on the research of Barker (1948), Bauman (1954), Fitting (1953), Meyerson (1953), andRaskin (1953), a Social Adjustment Scale was developed as a preliminary step to permit measurement of social adaptability to blindness. The scale was a rating device based on a series of check list items which indicated the blind individual's level of social maturity or acquisition of appropriate skills in 10 problem areas: employment, travel, indoor orientation, socialization, communication, recreation, eating problems, dressing problems, business problems, and physical hygiene.…”