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Dispenza, Franco – Journal of Career Development, 2021
A narrative literature review was conducted with the intention of providing practitioners with foundational knowledge regarding the career development trajectory of persons with disabilities (PWD). The author selected scholarship from various disciplines including rehabilitation, psychology, and special education. In the article, the author…
Descriptors: Empowerment, Career Development, Disabilities, Barriers
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Athanasou, James A.; Murphy, Gregory C.; Mpofu, Elias – Australian Journal of Career Development, 2019
This paper utilises the national "Survey of Disability Ageing and Carers" to summarise the educational disadvantages and vocational inequalities for those with disabilities in Australia. Amongst persons with a disability, there is a decidedly lower rate of school completion. Distinctly fewer persons with a disability obtain degrees.…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Disability Discrimination, Severity (of Disability), Career Development
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Boeltzig-Brown, Heike – Journal of Postsecondary Education and Disability, 2017
In 2013, the Japanese government passed antidiscrimination legislation that, starting in April 2016, requires all national and public institutions of higher education (IHEs) to accommodate students with disabilities. The legislative mandate to ensure that higher education is accessible to students with disabilities, coupled with growth in the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Equal Education, Disability Discrimination, Disabilities
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Winn, Stephen; Hay, Ian – Disability & Society, 2009
Australian research has demonstrated that students with a disability are more likely to remain out of the full-time workforce. These research findings have been the catalyst for a call for a comprehensive career development and transition planning approach for all students with disabilities in schools as well as for employers to rethink the role…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Cost Effectiveness, Secondary School Students, Career Development
Bruyere, Susanne M. – 2002
Over the past 3 to 4 years, Cornell University has been involved in research to explore how disability discrimination legislation impacts employer policies and practices regarding hiring, retaining, and accommodating applicants and employees with disabilities. The purpose of this paper is to describe the process by which Cornell conducted this…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Career Development, Disabilities, Disability Discrimination
Aune, Elizabeth; And Others – 1992
This bibliography offers abstracts of 41 publications and journal articles (published from 1988 through 1991) addressing career development, employment issues, and trends for college students and graduates with disabilities. A review of the literature in each of these areas identifies such themes as: the need for individualized career development;…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Career Development, Career Guidance, Career Planning