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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
