Abstract
【Purpose】The present study aimed to identify the empowerment acquisition of a person who had been visually-impaired since adolescence.【Method】Data collection and analysis were performed according to the life-history method. Semi-structured interviews were conducted. Rappaport's empowerment theory was used along with Simon's concept of power in interpreting the data.【Result】There were six stages of empowerment in Ms. A's case. There were disempowered stages of "awareness of her disability" followed by "prejudice within herself", moving onto empowerment stages of "self-confidence", "acceptance of her disability", and "her natural self" And after that, there was a new stage of "further development" where she was able to continue to challenge as a reborn person.【Conclusion】For Ms. A, her central theme for empowerment was "to challenge the new thing".
