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Abstracts from the Journal of Rehabilitation Vol. 66, No. 4 October/November/December 2000 Employer Attitudes Toward Workers with Disabilities and their ADA Employment Rights: A Literature Review Brigida Hernandez Northwestern University Christopher Keys Fabricio Balcazar University of Illinois at Chicago ABSTRACT: This review of 37 studies found that employers continue to express positive global attitudes toward workers with disabilities. However, they tend to be more negative when specific attitudes toward these workers are assessed. Although employers are supportive of the ADA as a whole, the employment provisions evoke concern. When appropriate supports are provided, employers express positive attitudes toward workers with intellectual and psychiatric disabilities. Affirming earlier reviews, employers with prior positive contact hold favorable attitudes toward workers with disabilities. Employers' expressed willingness to hire applicants with disabilities still exceeds their actual hiring, although this gap is narrowing. Workers with physical disabilities continue to be viewed more positively than workers with intellectual or psychiatric disabilities. Employers' Attitudes Toward Hiring Persons with Disabilities and Vocational Rehabilitation Services Dennis Gilbride Syracuse University Robert Stensrud Connie Ehlers Eric Evans Craig Peterson Drake University ABSTRACT: This article describes a study of employers' attitudes toward hiring people with disabilities and toward the state Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) agency. The study examined attitudes of employers in two states, one in the Midwest and one in the Southeast. In all cases, employers were known to have hired people with disabilities and to have worked with the state VR agency. The study found that employers stated that they were glad they hired the person they did, but expressed reservations about hiring people with certain types of disabilities. Employers did not express a high degree of knowledge about the state VR program, and satisfaction with VR was mixed. Work, Workers, and Workplaces: A Qualitative Analysis of Narratives of Mental Health Consumers Bonnie Kirsh University of Toronto ABSTRACT: Literature in the area of work and mental health consumers suggests that employment is beneficial to mental health. However, little is known about effects of work on the lives of consumers or components of the workplace which may facilitate work integration. The purpose of this study is to examine the meaning of work from consumers' perspectives as well as important elements of workplaces. Interviews were conducted with 36 consumers who were employed or who had recently left their jobs in integrated settings. Data were analyzed through inductive analysis and three major themes are presented: the meaningfulness of work to consumers, the impact of the organization on job satisfaction and tenure, and the importance of supervisory and coworker relationships and attitudes. Vocational Rehabilitation Outcomes of Adults with Co-Morbid Borderline IQ and Specific Learning Disabilities Mardis D. Dunham Michael P. Schrader Murray State University Karen S. Dunham Marshall County (KY) Public Schools ABSTRACT: The primary goal of this study was to investigate the vocational outcomes and psychoeducational functioning of 98 persons with co-morbid borderline intellectual functioning and specific learning disabilities (SLD). Following vocational rehabilitation intervention, 55 participants (56%) were rehabilitated (i.e., employed) and 43 (44%) were not rehabilitated. Of the 55 successfully-closed cases with complete occupational placement data, 25 (47%) were placed in service occupations, and the remaining 28 were distributed across the occupational spectrum. Both successful and unsuccessful groups had similar psychometric profiles, types of Division of Vocational Rehabilitation services, and work experiences but differed in length of services provision and race. In addition, these results indicated that persons with both borderline IQ and SLD experienced successful closures at rates similar to persons with SLD alone and that most are placed in human-service jobs. A Discrepancy Model for Measuring Consumer Satisfaction with Rehabilitation Services Michael A. Richard University of South Florida ABSTRACT: Over the past decade, there has been an emphasis on viewing persons seeking rehabilitation services as involved consumers who have greater choices in the rehabilitation process. This article describes a multidimensional tool (SERVQUAL) to assess consumer satisfaction. The SERVQUAL emphasizes the discrepancies between individual expectations and perceptions of services received. It is suggested that this instrument addresses methodological problems and thus may be a useful approach to determine consumer satisfaction with an array of rehabilitation services. Rehabilitation Counselors' Experiences with Client Death and Death Anxiety Brandon Hunt The Pennsylvania State University David A. Rosenthal University of Wisconsin-Stout ABSTRACT: Rehabilitation counselors were surveyed to determine their experiences with and reactions to client death. Of the 153 respondents, 102 reported the death of at least 1 client during the previous 5 years. Respondents' death anxiety was investigated (as measured by the Templer Death Anxiety Scale) in relation to age, gender, training, interest in working with dying clients, and previous experience with client death. Findings showed that respondents younger that 44 years of age and people who did not want to work with clients who had a terminal illness had significantly higher levels of death anxiety. Implications of these results for rehabilitation practitioners and educators are discussed. Working with Autism and Other Social-Communication Disorders Marjorie F. Olney University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign ABSTRACT: Individuals with autism and related developmental disabilities such as Asperger's Syndrome and Pervasive Developmental Disorder present special challenges to rehabilitation counselors. Although their experiences have been described clinically, seldom have the perceptions of individuals with autism and their parents been actively sought. This article reviews the literature on autism from a variety of perspectives: medical, behavioral, social, and personal. An analysis of 18 first hand accounts, interviews, and autobiographical works by people with autism and their parents contribute insights into the experience of autism and related disabilities. The article concludes with specific suggestions to help rehabilitation counselors maximize the success of individuals with autism and related disabilities. An Exploratory Study on the Work of Independent Living Centers to Address Abuse of Women with Disabilities Nancy P. Swedlund Margaret A. Nosek Baylor College of Medicine ABSTRACT: Staff of 36 independent living centers (ILCs) participated in telephone interviews about their services for women with disabilities experiencing abuse. One major theme which arose from analysis of the interviews was that women with disabilities face disability-related issues in dealing with abuse. Of the 36 respondents, 31 identified abuse as an important issue among their consumers. Respondents identified a number of needs and problems which arose in their efforts to assist women with disabilities experiencing abuse. The problem mentioned most often was the lack of physically accessible shelters and abuse intervention program offices. Other problems frequently mentioned included dependence on the abuser for economic support, personal care, or both, a need for increased outreach to women with disabilities experiencing abuse, and a need for training of abuse intervention program staff and other service providers on disability-related issues. Order this issue! Issue Abstracts 2005 Vol. 71, No. 1 2004 Vol. 70, No. 1 Vol. 70, No. 2 Vol. 70, No. 3 Vol. 70, No. 4 2003 Vol. 69, No. 1 Vol. 69, No. 2 Vol. 69, No. 3 Vol. 69, No. 4 2002 Vol. 68, No. 1 Vol. 68, No. 2 Vol. 68, No. 3 Vol. 68, No. 4 2001 Vol. 67, No. 1 Vol. 67, No. 2 Vol. 67, No. 3 Vol. 67, No. 4 2000 Vol. 66, No. 1 Vol. 66, No. 2 Vol. 66, No. 3 Vol. 66, No. 4 |
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