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The Helen Keller Question Applied to Workplace Discrimination: Hearing Loss vs. Visual Loss
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McMahon, Brian T.; Leslie, Mykal J.; Li, Grace W.; Rumrill, Phillip D., Jr.; Simpson, Paige E.; Grover, James M. – Rehabilitation Research, Policy, and Education, 2021
Background: In exploring the matter of sensory loss and job discrimination, the National EEOC ADA Research Project (NEARP) seeks to answer a singular question. Objective: How do persons with hearing loss (HL) vs. visual loss (VL) experience the nature and scope of workplace discrimination differently, if at all? Methods: The NEARP team uses an ex…
Descriptors: Equal Opportunities (Jobs), Visual Impairments, Hearing Impairments, Gender Differences
Intersectionality and Disability Harassment: The Interactive Effects of Disability, Race, Age, and Gender
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Shaw, Linda R.; Chan, Fong; McMahon, Brian T. – Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin, 2012
A possible interaction among the characteristics of disability, race, gender, and age was examined with respect to formal allegations of disability harassment. Using data from the National Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) Research Project, the authors examined whether there was an interaction…
Descriptors: Disability Discrimination, Disabilities, Gender Differences, Age Differences
Workplace Discrimination and Americans with Psychiatric Disabilities: A Comparative Study
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An, Sunghee; Roessler, Richard T.; McMahon, Brian T. – Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin, 2011
This study reports findings from an analysis of employment allegations and resolutions maintained in the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) database. Spanning the years 1992 to 2005, the data were aggregated for individuals with psychiatric disabilities and individuals with a variety of physical, sensory, and neurological…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Work Environment, Psychiatry, Disability Discrimination
Workplace Discrimination and the Perception of Disability
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Draper, William R.; Reid, Christine A.; McMahon, Brian T. – Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin, 2011
This article documents the employment discrimination experienced by Americans "regarded as" disabled (but not medically verified as such), using the Integrated Mission System of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). Claimants who were perceived as disabled, as contrasted with those with documented disabilities, were more likely…
Descriptors: Equal Opportunities (Jobs), Disabilities, Disability Discrimination, Work Environment
The Relationship of Selected Supply- and Demand-Side Factors to Forms of Perceived Discrimination among Adults with Multiple Sclerosis
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Roessler, Richard T.; Neath, Jeanne; McMahon, Brian T.; Rumrill, Phillip D. – Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin, 2007
Single-predictor and stepwise multinomial logistic regression analyses and an external validation were completed on 3,082 allegations of employment discrimination by adults with multiple sclerosis. Women filed two thirds of the allegations, and individuals between 31 and 50 made the vast majority of discrimination charges (73%). Allegations…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Equal Opportunities (Jobs), Females, Employment