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Direct linkLehmann, Ilana; Crimando, William – Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin, 2008
Although some writers have suggested that the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA), contrary to its intent, was responsible for a decline in employment for persons with disabilities, there is little strong empirical support for such an assertion. This study is an attempt to demonstrate that, in fact, the dismal labor market experience following…
Descriptors: State Legislation, Disabilities, Labor Market, Rehabilitation Counseling
Peer reviewedKopels, Sandra – Journal of Social Work Education, 1995
Employment provisions of Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and their use in combating poverty for individuals with disabilities are examined. ADA is viewed as a useful tool for both advocacy and education and can help in understanding and alleviating poverty, oppression, and discrimination. Suggestions for incorporating this…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Employment Patterns, Equal Opportunities (Jobs), Federal Legislation
Download full textWomen's Bureau (DOL), Washington, DC. – 1992
The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) should provide disabled working women with better employment prospects and greater earning capacities. The ADA prohibits discrimination in all terms and conditions of employment against qualified disabled persons who can perform the essential functions of a given job with or without reasonable…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Civil Rights Legislation, Disabilities, Employment Opportunities
Perlman, Leonard G., Ed.; Hansen, Carl E., Ed. – 1990
This report on the 14th Mary E. Switzer Memorial Seminar addresses trends and prospects for employment of persons with disabilities. The monograph begins with an introduction by Leonard G. Perlman and Carl E. Hansen, a foreword by Richard S. Materson, a list of seminar sponsors and Switzer scholars, a statement on the legacy of Mary Elizabeth…
Descriptors: Corporate Support, Disabilities, Employment Opportunities, Employment Patterns
Peer reviewedJohnson, Virginia Anne – Volta Review, 1993
Presents results of surveys, taken before and after passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of employers and workers who are deaf, identifying two categories of factors impacting job retention and advancement: (1) individual worker performance attributes, and (2) aspects of the work environment. (Author/JDD)
Descriptors: Adults, Civil Rights Legislation, Deafness, Employment Patterns
Hotchkiss, Julie L. – 2003
This book provides a comprehensive analysis of the recent labor market experience of American workers with disabilities and an assessment of the impact the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) has had on that experience. Since one intention of the ADA is to break down barriers to employment for the disabled, the analyses focus on labor demand…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Disabilities, Disability Discrimination, Employer Employee Relationship
Stapleton, David C., Ed.; Burkhauser, Richard V., Ed. – 2003
This book includes revised presentations from an October 2001 meeting of the National Institute for Disability and Rehabilitation Research and the Cornell Rehabilitation Research and Training Center that considered the validity of current data for measuring trends in the employment rate of people with disabilities and investigated the causes and…
Descriptors: Assistive Technology, Attitudes toward Disabilities, Chronic Illness, Data Interpretation
Wonacott, Michael E. – 2003
With its definitions of individuals' and employers' rights and obligations, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is a mandate and a statement of our moral and ethical values as a culture. Persons with disabilities and employers must apply ADA's "triple standard" of reasonable accommodations for performing essential job functions…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Adult Education, Adults, Affirmative Action
Blanck, Peter David; Sandler, Leonard A.; Schmeling, James L.; Schartz, Helen A. – Iowa Law Review, 2000
Iowa's emerging workforce of entrepreneurs with disabilities and the design of Iowa's Entrepreneurs with Disabilities (EWD) program were examined in an exploratory study. The study focused on the following issues: organizational characteristics of the EWD program; the characteristics of EWD applicants and their motivations for choosing…
Descriptors: Adult Programs, Career Choice, Disabilities, Educational Research
