Researchers identify reasons that prevent people with disabilities from seeking employment
A team of researchers identified nine meaningful reasons that prevent people with disabilities from seeking employment. Their findings provide a much-needed understanding of this population s motives for remaining unemployed, which can inform programs and policies that promote labor force participation of people with disabilities. The article, Understanding Persons with Disabilities Reasons for Not Seeking Employment (doi: 10.1177/00343552211006773) was published in
Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin on April 15, 2021.
The authors are Denise C. Fyffe, PhD, Anthony H. Lequerica, PhD, and John O Neill, PhD, of Kessler Foundation; Courtney Ward-Sutton, PhD, and Natalie F. Williams, PhD, of Langston University; and Vidya Sundar, OT, PhD, of the University of New Hampshire. Drs. Fyffe, Lequerica, and O Neill also have academic appointments in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilita
Kessler Foundation, Langston University and University of NH researchers clarify reasons for low rate of employment among people with disabilities
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Researchers clarify reasons for low rate of employment among people with disabilities
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Many wheelchair users with spinal cord injury experience repairs and adverse consequences
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Wheelchair users with spinal cord injury need repairs in past 6 months, study finds ANI | Updated: Jul 03, 2021 08:52 IST
Washington [US], July 3 (ANI): Among wheelchair users with spinal cordinjury, 42 per cent reported adverse consequences related to needing wheelchair repair, according to a team of experts in spinal cordinjury rehabilitation, according to a collaborative study led by a team of international researchers at Kessler Foundation.
The article Factors Influencing Incidence of Wheelchair Repairs and Consequences Among Individuals with Spinal Cord Injury was published in the journal Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.
The research team, comprised of investigators from the Spinal Cord Injury Model System, determined that this ongoing problem requires action such as higher standards of wheelchair performance, access to faster repair service, and enhanced user training on wheelchair maintenance and repair.