Discrimination and other barriers to employment for teens and young adults with disabilities

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 33, Issue 15-16, 2011, Pages 1340-1350

  Lindsay, Sally ^a  

^a University of Toronto   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adolescents; discrimination; employment; life skills; occupational rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISABILITY; DISABLED PERSON; EMPLOYMENT; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; JOB FINDING; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISABLED PERSONS; EMPLOYMENT; EMPLOYMENT, SUPPORTED; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; JOB APPLICATION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ONTARIO; PREJUDICE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959396919     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: 14645165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09638288.2010.531372     Document Type: Article

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