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Telework as an employment option for people with disabilities

International Journal of Rehabilitation Research, 1990
This feasibility study, based on intensive casework, examined the potential of home-based teleworking arrangements for people with severe physical disabilities. Eleven teleworking arrangements, each involving a unique combination of work, working conditions and worker characteristics, were set up in different parts of Ireland and monitored over periods
B, Murray, S, Kenny
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Medicaid and Employment of People With Disabilities

Journal of Disability Policy Studies, 2006
Recent public policy has sought to broaden the role of Medicaid, which typically serves people with limited income, to include increasing employment among people with disabilities and supporting people with disabilities who are working. In late 2001, we surveyed Medicaid agencies regarding their provision of services to working people with ...
Jennifer Sullivan Sulewski, Dana Scott Gilmore, Susan M. Foley   +2 more
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Disabled People and Employment

Social Policy & Administration, 1985
After a review of the history of measures to help disabled people since the end of the first world war, the author examines the situation of disabled persons during a period of high unemployment. He discusses the failure as he sees it of strategies introduced after the 1944 Act, and points to the new strategies now required.
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Value of employment to people with learning disabilities

British Journal of Nursing, 2002
A key objective of the Government White Paper ‘Valuing People: A New Strategy for Learning Disability for the 21st Century’ is to encourage and assist people with learning disabilities to gain employment. This is because very few people with learning disabilities are in paid work and employment is promoted as a means of improving self-esteem, skills ...
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Self-Employment for People With Disabilities

Journal of Disability Policy Studies, 2005
In 2001, an exploratory survey was distributed to more than half of all Small Business Development Centers (SBDCs) across the United States to identify how SBDCs and Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) agencies interact to provide self-employment services to people with disabilities and to evaluate how these agencies might further this collaborative ...
Catherine Ipsen, Nancy L. Arnold, Kyle Colling   +2 more
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Discrimination towards disabled people seeking employment

Social Science & Medicine, 1992
This research was undertaken to determine whether or not disabled persons are at a disadvantage when seeking employment. An experimental design--mailing unsolicited job applications to employers--in a natural social setting allowed a study of employer's behaviour under naturalistic conditions.
J F, Ravaud, B, Madiot, I, Ville
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Employment and Empowerment of People with Disabilities

2005
In conclusion, it is clear that people who are physically and mentally challenged in the United States and the world in general—people with disabilities—continue to experience the effects of discrimination, stigmatization, and oppression (Cole, Christ, & Light, 1995; Kopels, 1995).
Creigs Beverly, Ann Rosegrant Alvarez
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Why employment in integrated settings for people with disabilities

International Journal of Rehabilitation Research, 2000
This paper reviews the reasons why work in integrated settings for people with disabilities is important. Current controversial issues in employment of people with disabilities are discussed. These issues are sheltered work versus supported employment and natural supports versus the job coach model.
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The right of people with disabilities to employment

International Journal of Law Research and Studies
This study examines the right of people with disabilities to employment, highlighting its significance and profound impact on their lives. Employment empowers individuals with disabilities to achieve independence from their families, rely on themselves, and enhance their integration into society.
Amjad Alawlaqi, Amal Khadragey
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Disabled people and employment

2008
La 247/2007 riforma le norme del 1999 e del 2003 in relazione alle convenzioni di inserimento lavorativo dei disabili. Essa tuttavia non risponde alle necessità pratiche ed alle critiche teoriche che erano state mosse all'istituto che è stato ...
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