Barriers to employment for people with disabilities: Bad advice, poor health, and ineffective public policy

Kaye, H. Stephen

doi:10.1016/j.dhjo.2009.08.087

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“…Individuals with disabilities (IWDs) experience significant labor market inequalities compared with persons without disabilities, as indicated by lower rates of employment, lower earnings, and higher likelihood of employment in part-time jobs without benefits (Kaye, 2010; Livermore & Goodman, 2009; She & Livermore, 2009; Yin et al, 2014). The labor market inequity is more pronounced among IWDs of racial and ethnic minorities, as they face the double burden of health and social challenges (Blick et al, 2015).…”

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Identifying Racial Differences in Vocational Rehabilitation Services

Yin

Pathak

Lin

et al. 2021

Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin

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The literature on racial differences in vocational rehabilitation (VR) services has not been updated for over a decade. Using the 2017 individual-level national RSA-911 data, supplemented with the 2017 American Community Survey and publicly available information from Kaiser Family Foundation, we investigate racial differences at each step of the VR process—application, eligibility, service provision, and employment outcomes at closure. At the first step, application, White individuals with disabilities are less likely to apply than their African American, American Indian/Alaska Native, and Hispanic counterparts, and more likely to apply than their Asian counterparts. For the remaining three steps, the results are inverted: the White subgroup has higher eligibility rates, service rates, and employment rates than the African American, American Indian/Alaska Native, and Hispanic subgroups, and lower rates than the Asian subgroup. These findings suggest that racial and ethnic differences continue to exist in the VR process despite several legislative acts and policy efforts. Within each racial and ethnic minority group, we also find large variation in application rates and employment rates across states, which indicates a need for developing performance measures and standardized guidelines for state VR agencies to better serve individuals with disabilities from racial and ethnic minorities.

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