People who became blind or visually impaired in the middle of their lives encounter
anxiety, change in interpersonal relationship, difficulty accepting his or her disability,
and role change in the family. They tend to require different intervention in the
adaptation and acceptance of his or her visual impairment as compared to those who
became blind or visually impaired at the early age. An independent living rehabilitation
intervention, provided through a Center for Independent Living, is widely regarded as
a viable rehabilitation option for people with adventitious blindness. In particular, peer
counseling, one of four core services of Centers for Independent Living, hhas been
recognized as playing an instrumental role in facilitating an acceptance of vision loss as
well as improving an independent living capacity for people who became adventitiously
blind or visually impaired. Despite its significance, peer counseling program for people
with visual impairment or blindness in Korea is not fully explored, let alont the
related research. Thus, this brief review paper aims to provide an overview of peer
counseling in the context of independent living rehabilitation intervention.