African Americans and the Public Vocational Rehabilitation System

Issue title: Ethnic and Cultural Issues

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Wright, Tennyson J.

Affiliations: University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida

Abstract: Very little information exists in the rehabilitation literature that documents the level of participation of African Americans in the public vocational rehabilitation system. That which exists indicates that African Americans experience disability at a disproportionately higher rate than other individuals in the general population. In addition, they also experience “severe disabling conditions” at a much higher level. The literature also indicates that their success rate in the public vocational rehabilitation system is lower than their non-African American counterparts. An overview of the literature is provided along with recommendations for enhancing effective vocational rehabilitation services to African Americans with disabilities.

DOI: 10.3233/JVR-1993-3105

Journal: Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation, vol. 3, no. 1, pp. 20-26, 1993