Disability Key Issues and Future Directions Employment and Work-Front cover

Disability Key Issues and Future DIrectIons Employment and Work

Contents

Series Introduction

Disability Concepts, Models, and Theories

Types of Disability

Disability Language

Organization of the Series

The Audience

Acknowledgments

References

Preface

Acknowledgments

About the Authors

About the Series Editor

1. Introduction, Background, and History

Introduction: Why Work?

Importance of Employment and Work

Does Work Limitation Define a Person With a Disability?

Background: Finding Work in the American Job Market

The Art of Matching Supply and Demand

Workplace Experience

Disparities in Employment Outcomes

History: An Evolution of the Modern Landscape

“Official” Perception Through the Lens of the U.S. Census

Evolution of Service Delivery and Employment Models

Struggles Along Many Dimensions of Diversity

Globalization

Notes

References

2. Current Issues, Controversies, and Solutions

Problems: Continuing Economic Disparities and Employment Discrimination Despite Changes

Charges of Discrimination and Failure to Accommodate at Work

Pay Gaps for People With Disabilities

Health Care Reform in the United States

Age, Disability, and Employment

One or Many: Considering Differences by Disability Type

Individual Factors and Compounding Challenges

Disability Management and Return to Work

Differences in Employer Characteristics

Controversies: Tough Issues to Discuss and Tougher to Address

Public Policy Goals and Incentives in Competition and Conflict

“Ignoring” Those Not Living Independently

Why Do Particulars of Data Collection Matter?

Efforts to Integrate Disability Into Workforce Development Efforts

Set-Asides and Sheltered Workplaces

Wellness, Obesity Trends, and Workplace Implications

Quotas Versus Equal Opportunities and Level Playing Fields

Employers’ Efforts at Changing Culture

Solutions: Looking to Policymakers, Employers, and People With Disabilities Themselves

Policies and Government Action

Nongovernmental Business-Focused “Solutions”

Employer-Based Action

Conclusion

Notes

References

3. Chronology of Critical Events

References

4. Biographies of Key Contributors in the Field

Sheila H. Akabas (1931– )

Further Reading

Fabricio E. Balcazar (1956– )

Further Reading

Marjorie L. Baldwin (1949– )

Further Reading

Monroe Berkowitz (1919–2009)

Further Reading

Peter D. Blanck (1957– )

Further Reading

Gary R. Bond (1944– )

Further Reading

Susanne M. Bruyère

Further Reading

Richard V. Burkhauser (1945– )

Further Reading

John F. Burton, Jr. (1935– )

Further Reading

John Butterworth

Further Reading

Claudia B. Center

Further Reading

Fong Chan

Further Reading

Judith A. Cook

Further Reading

Timothy R. Elliott (1956– )

Further Reading

Ellen S. Fabian

Further Reading

Dennis D. Gilbride

Further Reading

Rochelle V. Habeck

Further Reading

Allen W. Heinemann

Further Reading

H. Stephen Kaye

Further Reading

William E. Kiernan (1945– )

Further Reading

John F. Kosciulek

Further Reading

James S. Krause

Further Reading

John Kregel

Further Reading

Douglas L. Kruse (1959– )

Further Reading

David Mank

Further Reading

Brian T. McMahon (1951– )

Further Reading

Frederick E. Menz (1941– )

Further Reading

Richard T. Roessler (1944– )

Further Reading

Patricia Rogan (1956– )

Further Reading

Phillip D. Rumrill, Jr. (1968– )

Further Reading

Lisa A. Schur (1957– )

Further Reading

Robert (Bobby) Silverstein (1949– )

Further Reading

David C. Stapleton (1950– )

Further Reading

Robert H. Stensrud

Further Reading

Robert A. Stodden (1943– )

Further Reading

David R. Strauser (1968– )

Further Reading

Edna M. Szymanski (1952– )

Further Reading

Paul Wehman

Further Reading

George N. Wright (1921–2004)

Further Reading

Edward Yelin (1951– )

Further Reading

5. Annotated Data, Statistics, Tables, and Graphs

Employment and Disability Data Sources

Defining Disability

Defining Employment

The American Community Survey

Current Population Survey

Employment and Economic Disparities

Employment Rates

Educational Attainment and Employment

Veterans With Service-Connected Disability

Employment Rates Over Time

International Employment Rates

Income and Earnings Disparities

Work and Disability

Where People With Disabilities Work

Workplace Discrimination

Who Is out of the Workforce?

Workplace Illness and Injuries and Workers’ Compensation

Social Security Disability Insurance and Social Security Income

Vocational Rehabilitation

Conclusion

References

6. Annotated List of Organizations and Associations

Private Organizations

Government Organizations

State Vocational Rehabilitation Agencies

Regional ADA Centers

7. Selected Print and Electronic Resources

Print Resources

Electronic Resources

Glossary of Key Terms

Index