Fighting fate: A seventy percent unemployment rate

Issue title: Work and Disability

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Girma, Haben

Affiliations: Berkeley, CA, USA

Abstract: When children with disabilities imagine joining the adult world of work, the joys of choosing a future career path are marred by the high unemployment rates. As I maneuvered through the world of work as a young adult, my optimism remained slightly dampened by an acute awareness that 70% of blind Americans are unemployed. In my experience, the ultimate strategy for success in securing meaningful employment involved a combination of an honest assessment of one's skills and limits, and stubbornly searching for that niche position.

DOI: 10.3233/WOR-131786

Journal: Work, vol. 48, no. 3, pp. 299-301, 2014