Individuals with disabilities perceptions on preparedness for the workforce and factors that limit employment

Work

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 13-21

  Schmidt, Mary Agnes ^a   Smith, Diane L ^b,c  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c Department of Kinesiology and Community Health   (United States)

Author keywords

Disability advocacy; Disability employment; Employment training

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; EMPLOYMENT; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MANPOWER; PERCEPTION; RATING SCALE; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION; DISABLED PERSON; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; DATA COLLECTION; DISABLED PERSONS; EMPLOYMENT; HUMANS; MISSOURI; REHABILITATION, VOCATIONAL;

EID: 33847265954     PISSN: 10519815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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