Employment for persons with disabilities: Where are we now and where do we need to go?

Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 145-151

  Wehman, Paul H ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Employment for people with disabilities

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO DISABILITY; CAREER PLANNING; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; COMMUNICATION SKILL; COMPETENCE; EMPLOYMENT; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; JOB CHANGE; JOB PERFORMANCE; PRODUCTIVITY; SELF ESTEEM; SOCIALIZATION; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORK DISABILITY; WORK EXPERIENCE; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84856428182     PISSN: 10522263     EISSN: 18786316     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/JVR-2011-0562     Document Type: Article

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