Career and Life Style Planning in Vocational Rehabilitation Settings
Document Type
Book Chapter
Publication Date
1-1-2012
Originally Published In
In D. Capuzzi & M. D. Stauffer (Eds.), Career counseling: Foundations, Perspectives, and applications. New York: Routledge.
Page Numbers
429-466
Abstract
One of the core values of U.S. society is that everyone has the right to work. For individuals with disabilities, however, this value has been more of a dream than a reality. Individuals with disabilities have substantially higher unemployment rates than those whose are not disabled. According to the President' s Committee on the Employment of People With Disabilities (1992), 31% of people with disabilities were employed or actively seeking employment, wheras more than 78% of Americans without disabilities worked or were actively seeking work (Kaye, 2010).
