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Business as Unusual: Employment Practices and Employees with Disabilites
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Kurata, E. T.; Brodwin, Martin G. – Education, 2013
People with disabilities, especially those with severe disabilities, have high rates of unemployment and underemployment. Many of these individuals would like to work but employers remain hesitant to hire them, even when they are capable of and qualified for the job. The purpose of this article is to sensitize society on the importance of not…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Unemployment, Underemployment, Rehabilitation
The Impact of Business Size on Employer ADA Response
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Bruyere, Susanne M.; Erickson, William A.; VanLooy, Sara A. – Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin, 2006
More than 10 years have passed since the employment provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) came into effect for employers of 15 or more employees. Americans with disabilities continue to be more unemployed and underemployed than their nondisabled peers. Small businesses, with fewer than 500 employees, continue to be the…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Compliance (Legal), Federal Legislation, Small Businesses
Development and Field Test of a Multi-Purpose Computerized Vocational Counseling Program for Providing Placement, Occupational and Educational Information to Unemployed Adults, Handicapped Persons and Inmates in Correctional Institutions. Final Report. Volume I of III: Project Results.
Tennessee Univ., Knoxville. Coll. of Education. – 1978
The major purpose of this project was to develop a computerized vocational counseling program consisting of an interactive computer package and a filmstrip series for use by unemployed/underemployed adults, handicapped persons, and prison inmates. Specific project objectives were to (1) determine clients' vocational counseling needs, (2) develop…
Descriptors: Adult Counseling, Adult Vocational Education, Career Counseling, Career Exploration
Promising Practices in Connecticut Vocational and Adult Education.
Connecticut State Dept. of Education, Hartford. Div. of Vocational and Adult Education. – 1982
This compendium provides information on 39 promising practices in vocational adult education selected during the 1981-82 school year. Criteria for selection are to meet an identified need for a specific problem or target population, measurability of indicators of success, possibility of adaptation by others, and practicality of resources required…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Adults, Career Counseling, Career Education