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Impact: Feature Issue on Employment and Women With Disabilities
11/19/2009 | Requests *Summary
What significance does employment hold for women with disabilities? What is known and unknown about these women? This issue of “Impact” answers these questions with articles by women with disabilities and researchers. Issues covered include self-employment, mentoring, transition planning, disparities across ethnic groups, and career development. Several women with disabilities who are successful artists, scientists, educators and entrepreneurs are profiled.
Author
Gaylord, Vicki; Ely, Carol; O’Day, Bonnie; Foley, Susan; Martinez, Kathy; Rousso, Harilyn; Clark, Melissa; Howanach, Sr. Johnelle; Carstensen, Martha; Parent, Wendy; Smith, Diane L.; Alston, Reginald J.; Balcazar, Fabricio E.; Evelo, Sheryl; Hogansen, Jen
Available Files
- Impact: Volume 21 · Number 1 PDF (1,715K, 36 pages)
- Impact: Volume 21 • Number 1 Off-site link
Keywords
Transition Planning; Community Inclusion; Advocacy; self-advocacy; demographics; self-employment; rural; Impact; employment; women
Topic
Developmental/Intellectual Disabilities, Employment Programs, Physical Disabilities, Workforce/Direct Care
Type/Tool
Newsletter, periodic publication
Source
Institute on Community Integration; UCEDD; Research and Training Center on Community Living
State
All States/Territories
Date Created
01/09/2009
Contact
Institute on Community Integration University of Minnesota
icipub@umn.edu
612-624-4512
icipub@umn.edu
612-624-4512
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