• Harapriya Samantaraya
• Urmila Bhaina

Visually impaired suffer from a wide range of socio-cultural exclusions and exploitation. This includes physical and psychological differential treatments, human rights violations including their right to dignity and inhumane behavior and thus, creating further vulnerability and exclusion. To cope, many visually impaired adopt strategies that are discussed in this paper. For this study, we gathered information from secondary sources and to substantiate the statements stated, a few case studies have been taken. It is found that socio-culturally exclusion led the visually impaired to force into high-risk behaviors. Some young victims are coerced into sexual and non sexual practices contributing further vulnerability and exclusion

Visual impairment, Socio-cultural Exclusion, Copping Mechanisms, awareness

"Socio-Cultural Exclusion and Coping Mechanisms among the Visually Impaired: A case study from Odisha", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 9, page no.68-71, September-2018, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1809311.pdf

"Socio-Cultural Exclusion and Coping Mechanisms among the Visually Impaired: A case study from Odisha", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 9, page no. pp68-71, September-2018, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1809311.pdf