Training the Handicapped: Now It's Their Turn for Affirmative Action.

Dyer, Frederick C.; Ford, Chris W.

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ERIC Number: EJ137385

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Publication Date: 1976

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Training the Handicapped: Now It's Their Turn for Affirmative Action

Dyer, Frederick C.; Ford, Chris W.

Personnel Journal, 55, 4, 181-3, Apr 76

The article contains examples of company-sponsored programs to successfully train and hire handicapped persons. Affirmative action and other regulations have necessitated consideration of other alleviating measures (removal of architectural, mechanical, and mental barriers; human engineering; decentralization; modified schedules; and research) which are discussed. (MS)

Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Disabilities, Employment Opportunities, Employment Practices, Employment Problems, Employment Programs, Federal Legislation, Human Factors Engineering, Job Training, Normalization (Handicapped)

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