What Types of Jobs Do People with Disabilities Want?

• Published in: Journal of occupational rehabilitation Vol. 21; no. 2; pp. 199 - 210
• Main Authors: Ali, Mohammad, Schur, Lisa, Blanck, Peter
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Boston Springer US 01.06.2011; Springer; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Adult; Age Factors; Americans; Americans with Disabilities Act 1990-US; Aspirations (Psychology); Attitude; Attitudes; Clinical Psychology; Corporate image; Data Collection; Disabilities; Disability; Disabled persons; Educational Status; Employers; Employment; Employment - psychology; Employment security; Environmental Health; Female; Gender; Gender differences; Health Psychology; Humans; Labor relations; Male; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Mentally Disabled Persons - psychology; Middle Aged; Mobility Limitation; Occupational health; Occupational Medicine/Industrial Medicine; Orthopedics; People with disabilities; Persons With Hearing Impairments - psychology; Rehabilitation; Social networks; Studies; Surveys; Visually Impaired Persons - psychology; Work - psychology; Workers with disabilities; United States > US; Disability; Employment barriers; Job preference

Introduction Do non-employed people with disabilities want to work, and if so, what types of jobs do they want? Researchers seeking to explain the low employment rate among people with disabilities have focused primarily on skill gaps, employment disincentives from disability income, accommodation m...