Recently added articles from The Journal of Rehabilitation:
Perceived disparities in access to health care due to cost for women with disabilities.
Oct 01, 2009; Smith, Diane L. ... Individuals with disabilities tend to have more health care access problems, have secondary health conditions, have unmet health care needs, and are less likely to be satisfied with medical care than those without disabilities (Batavia, 1995; Hagglund, Clark, Conforti, & Shigaki, 1999) ....
The effect of contact, context, and social power on undergraduate attitudes toward persons with disabilities.
Oct 01, 2009; Shannon, Cozetta D. ... There are approximately 54 million persons with disabilities in the United States and they represent one of the largest minority groups (National Council on Disability, 2005). As with other groups of minorities, federal legislation has had a significant effect of the lives of persons with ...
Challenges in transition from sheltered workshop to competitive employment: perspectives of Taiwan social enterprise transition specialists.
Oct 01, 2009; Hsu, Tsu-Hsuan ... To better understand employment options for persons with mental retardation, sheltered workshops must be discussed. In theory, sheltered workshops provide persons with mental retardation employment opportunities in a segregated environment. Through these opportunities it is held that ...
Rehabilitation services in the United Arab Emirates as perceived by parents of children with disabilities.
Oct 01, 2009; Dukmak, Samir ... Parents of children with disabilities need correct information about, and access to, rehabilitation services and providers in order for their children to achieve improved quality of life and independent living (Kusciulek, 1999; Rubin, Chan,& Thomas, 2003). By addressing a lack of research ...
Vocational rehabilitation and job accommodations for individuals with substance abuse disorders.
Oct 01, 2009; Walls, Richard T. ... According to 2007 statistics reported by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA, 2008), there were an estimated 22.3 million individuals in the U.S. aged 12 or older (9% of the population) who met the DSM-IV diagnostic criteria for either substance abuse or ...
Differences in predictors of self-rated health among people with and without a disability.
Oct 01, 2009; Mitchell, Judith M. ... Self-rated health (SRH) is widely recognized as a significant measure of the overall global health of an individual and has been researched for over 40 years. One of the more consistent findings in SRH research is its predictive ability of mortality and survival (Benyamini & Idler, 1999; ...
The Psychology of Working.(Book review)
Oct 01, 2009; Mercurio-Riley, Denise ... The Psychology of Working David L. Blustein Lawrence Erlbaum Associates 2006, 360 Pages, ISBN 0-8058-5879-2 Rehabilitation counseling professionals currently face numerous challenges resulting from the bleak economic situation when addressing ...
