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Peer reviewedHirst, Michael – Disability, Handicap and Society, 1987
The study investigated vocational activities of 274 English young people between the ages of 15 and 21. Two-thirds entered occupational centers for disabled adults; only 5% found a job in open employment. The physically impaired experienced a more difficult transition but the mentally impaired faced a more limited range of vocational choices.…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Employment Potential, Followup Studies, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedActon, Norman – International Labour Review, 1981
Cites some examples of effective employment creation, but warns that this is likely to be more difficult in the future due to increasing unemployment and underemployment, demographic shifts, strains on social support systems, and changes in the nature of work. (Author/CT)
Descriptors: Demography, Disabilities, Employment Opportunities, Job Development
Download full textSyracuse Univ., NY. Center on Human Policy. – 1988
The document is intended to help individuals, agencies, and states seeking information on supported employment for persons with disabilities. An introductory article (by Zana Lutfiyya, Pat Rogan, and Bonnie Shoultz) titled, "Supported Employment: A Conceptual Overview," describes supported employment as an alternative to sheltered…
Descriptors: Adults, Demonstration Programs, Disabilities, Employment Potential
DeSimone, Anthony – Social and Rehabilitation Record, 1974
Through the Projects With Industries grants program, the rehabilitation of handicapped people is being actively engaged in by industry as well as by professional rehabilitation persons. (AG)
Descriptors: Disabilities, Federal Aid, Government Role, Industry
LANGDON, MARGARET – 1967
THE PURPOSE OF THE PROJECT WAS TO APPLY CURRENT KNOWLEDGE, METHODS, AND TECHNIQUES IN INDUSTRIAL DESIGN AND PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT TO REHABILITATING THE HANDICAPPED BY USING THE LABOR FORCE AVAILABLE IN SHELTERED WORKSHOPS AND HOMEBOUND PROGRAMS. DEMONSTRATION PROGRAMS WERE ESTABLISHED AS TASK FORCES IN CHICAGO, NEW YORK, AND LOS ANGELES WITH THE…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Disabilities, Handicrafts, Home Programs
PERKINS, DOROTHY C.; AND OTHERS – 1965
THESE 126 ANNOTATIONS ARE THE THIRD VOLUME OF A CONTINUING SERIES OF BIBLIOGRAPHIES LISTING ARTICLES APPEARING IN JOURNALS AND CONFERENCE, RESEARCH, AND PROJECT REPORTS. LISTINGS INCLUDE TESTS, TEST RESULTS, STAFF TRAINING PROGRAMS, GUIDES FOR COUNSELORS AND TEACHERS, AND ARCHITECTURAL PLANNING, AND RELATE TO THE MENTALLY RETARDED, EMOTIONALLY…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adult Programs, Adults, Annotated Bibliographies
Rehabilitation Services Administration (DHEW), Washington, DC. – 1973
Intended for staffs of sheltered workshops for handicapped individuals, the guide presents a plan for selling the workshop idea to industry, hints on meeting obstacles, and ideas for expanding and upgrading workshop contract promotion. Brief sections cover the following topics (example subtopics are in parentheses): finding work contract prospects…
Descriptors: Administration, Adults, Community Resources, Disabilities
Rogerson, Robert W. K. C.; Spence, Philip H. – 1969
Designed for the architect and student, the text concerns the health of the disabled as seen through the eyes of the architect. The total environment of the handicapped is the focal point of the approach. It begins with schools; then looks at medical treatment and rehabilitation as dealt with in hospitals, special rehabilitation centers, and…
Descriptors: Architects, Architecture, Building Design, Disabilities
Cappello, Joseph F. – 1974
Reported are the activities of the Inter Agency Committee on the Education and Vocational Rehabilitation of the Handicapped in New Jersey for the year 1974-1975. The purposes and functions of the committee are listed, and the Inter Agency conference held in October, 1974 is described. Included are copies of the invitation and the program,…
Descriptors: Agencies, Conference Reports, Directories, Disabilities
Peer reviewedFiester, Alan R.; Giambra, Leonard M. – American Journal of Mental Deficiency, 1972
Descriptors: Disabilities, Exceptional Child Research, Language Role, Mental Retardation
Gilbertson, Alan D. – 1982
This publication is intended to help production staff understand (1) what job specifications are, (2) why written specifications are important, and (3) what is involved with documenting specifications. A definition of job specifications is followed by a discussion of the importance of and necessity for such specifications as regards the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Contracts, Disabilities, Manufacturing
STUBBINS, JOSEPH; AND OTHERS – 1965
THIS ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY LISTS ALPHABETICALLY BY AUTHOR 146 BOOKS, JOURNAL ARTICLES, FINAL REPORTS, AND CONFERENCE REPORTS FROM 1961 TO 1965 CONCERNING WORKSHOPS FOR THE HANDICAPPED. ALSO INCLUDED IS AN ARTICLE, "THE PROFESSIONALLY TRAINED COUNSELOR IN THE REHABILITATION WORKSHOP," IN WHICH GEORGE W. DUNCAN, JR. DISCUSSES THE ROLE OF THE…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Annotated Bibliographies, Career Counseling
President's Committee on Employment of the Handicapped, Washington, DC. – 1970
The objective of the project was to combine the talents of leading volunteers from the private sector (specifically those in design, marketing, and production), in order to determine if proprietary products could be developed and produced by sheltered workshops and then marketed competitively. Volunteer task forces with small permanent staffs were…
Descriptors: Design, Disabilities, Handicapped Students, Industrial Arts
Rusalem, Herbert; Richterman, Harold – 1972
The demonstration project assessed an innovative approach to the provision of remunerative work for evaluation, training, and employment purposes in sheltered workshops for 291 blind individuals who also were limited by vocationally significant intellectual, physical, emotional, and/or social disabilities. The multiply handicapped subgroup of the…
Descriptors: Blindness, Demonstration Programs, Disabilities, Exceptional Child Education
Peer reviewedFortune, Jon; And Others – International Journal of Rehabilitation Research, 1986
A job training program in rural Wyoming is described in which 86 percent of the disabled clients served in a two-year period (N=57) were placed in employment after receiving sheltered workshop training in one of 10 vocational training modules. Among data reported are wages, success rates for training, and length of training. (JW)
Descriptors: Adults, Disabilities, Job Placement, Job Training
