Impact: Feature Issue on Employment and Women with Disabilities

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Part of the Impact series.

Managing Editor(s)

Vicki D Gaylord

Editor(s)

Wendy Parent, Susan Foley, Fabricio E Balcazar, Carol L Ely, Chris Bremer PhD

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36

Description

A newsletter issue that encourages readers to hold an expansive vision of what's possible for women with disabilities in the employment arena, and offers strategies, resources, and inspiration to realize that vision. The articles in it respond to the question, "Why is work important to women with disabilities?" and it offers many answers. According to the women with disabilities whose stories are shared here, feeling successful and important, earning money, being independent, having a reason to get up in the morning, making a meaningful difference in the lives of others, learning new things, following a sense of calling, and achieving goals are all reasons that work is important to them. At the same time, it is also true that fewer women with disabilities participate in the workforce than men with disabilities or women without disabilities. All the reasons for this difference are not entirely clear. One of the things we do know is that the expectations that people have of women with disabilities play a role in their participation in the workforce. We also know that awareness of a range of employment strategies and options on the part of professionals opens up possibilities that may otherwise be overlooked. And we know that having role models and mentors makes all the difference in the world for girls and women with disabilities as they think about what they want to do with their adult lives. Because having meaningful, valued work is such an important part of life, this Impact issue seeks to provide a fresh look at the topic from multiple perspectives.

Details

Date

Summer/Fall 2008 

Type

Newsletter 

Edition

Volume 21, Number 1

Contact

ICI Publications Office to request a free print copy at icipub@umn.edu

Publisher

Institute on Community Integration, University of Minnesota

Co-publisher

Research and Training Center on Community Living (RTC-CL)