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2009 Disability Status Report: United States
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Erickson, W. Lee C.; von Schrader, S. – Employment and Disability Institute, 2011
The Annual Disability Status Reports provide policy makers, disability advocates, reporters, and the public with a summary of the most recent demographic and economic statistics on the non-institutionalized population with disabilities. They contain information on the population size and disability prevalence for various demographic…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Health Insurance, Social Integration, Advocacy
Integration of Unemployed Persons with Disabilities into the Labour Market in Slovenia.
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Ursic, Cveto – International Journal of Rehabilitation Research, 1998
Summarizes a study of the economic, social, and health characteristics of unemployed people with disabilities in Slovenia. Responses by 246 unemployed people with disabilities to a questionnaire provided the data. Results are analyzed in terms of employment waiting period, educational level, economic situation, psycho-social and family situation,…
Descriptors: Adults, Demography, Disabilities, Employment Potential
Asian and Pacific Migration: The Canadian Experience.
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Samuel, T. John – Asian and Pacific Migration Journal, 1994
Examines the characteristics of landed immigrants (permanent settlers) from Asia, and explores their settlement, adaptation, and integration experience in Canada. It suggests that access to Canadian land does not always translate into equal opportunity in the economy and society, but notes that Canada may be more successful at assimilating Asian…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Career Choice, Demography, Educational Status Comparison
Francophone Minorities: Assimilation and Community Vitality = Minorite's francophones: assimilation et vitalite des communautes.
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O'Keefe, Michael – 1998
The report explores the situation of francophone minorities in Canada and outside Quebec, focusing on the concepts of assimilation and community vitality in language-minority communities. Chapter 1 looks at the concepts of assimilation and community vitality both in Canada and internationally. Chapter 2 gives a broad description of the policy…
Descriptors: Community Characteristics, Demography, Federal Government, Foreign Countries
Toward Independence: An Assessment of Federal Laws and Programs Affecting Persons with Disabilities--with Legislative Recommendations. A Report to the President and to the Congress of the United States.
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National Council on the Handicapped, Washington, DC. – 1986
This report reviews federal laws and programs affecting persons with disabilities and assesses the extent to which they: provide incentives or disincentives to the establishment of community-based services for handicapped individuals; promote the full integration of such individuals in the community, in schools, and in the workplace; and…
Descriptors: Adults, Agency Cooperation, Community Services, Coordination
Toward Independence: An Assessment of Federal Laws and Programs Affecting Persons with Disabilities--with Legislative Recommendations. Appendix: Topic Papers. A Report to the President and the Congress of the United States.
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National Council on the Handicapped, Washington, DC. – 1986
Ten topic papers examine federal laws and programs affecting persons with disabilities and make recommendations for improved use of federal money. The papers cover: (1) equal opportunity laws, examining the status of disability-related equal opportunity laws and identifying gaps in coverage, shortcomings and inconsistencies in interpretation and…
Descriptors: Adults, Agency Cooperation, Community Services, Coordination