“…The results of this study seem to substantiate Telford and Sawrey's (1977) description of disabled individuals, that is, that disabled persons maintain their aspirations at a low level, or that their level of occupational aspiration vacillates. In addition, the results are compatible with previous research that found that atypical individuals have lower occupational aspirations than their "normal" peers (Burnstein, 1963;Davids & Whyte, 1958;Gruen, 1945;Harnett, 1969;Himelweit, 1947;Mahone, 1960;Small, 1953;Stephenson, 1955;Stevie & Uhlig, 1967;Tseng & Carter, 1970;Wilson, 1953). The vocational students' level of occupational aspirations was puzzling and unpredictable.…”