Westmorland M G, Williams R
School of Rehabilitation Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
Disabil Rehabil. 2002 Oct 15;24(15):802-9. doi: 10.1080/09638280110113421.
The purpose of this article is to discuss what employers and policy makers can do to promote employment success for persons with disabilities. A study carried out in Rehabilitation Science at McMaster University, Ontario, Canada identified a number of themes, definitions of success and recommendations for change.
This article is a descriptive review of the study outcomes as well as a discussion of how the literature contributes to the position that employers and policy makers can do more to ensure that persons with disabilities achieve success in paid employment.
The author proposes strategies that employers and policy makers can use that have been recommended both in the study and other more recent documents.
Despite attempts to move the employment agenda for persons with disabilities forward, the results in both North America and Europe appear to be dismally low. There is evidence to suggest that employer activity in this regard is still minimal and that policy makers are not working together to ensure that there are opportunities for this population to succeed. Professionals working in this field need to be more actively involved with both employers and policy makers in order for the environment to change in a significant way.
本文旨在探讨雇主和政策制定者可为促进残疾人就业成功做些什么。加拿大安大略省麦克马斯特大学康复科学专业开展的一项研究确定了若干主题、成功的定义以及变革建议。
本文是对研究结果的描述性综述，同时讨论了文献如何支持这样一种观点，即雇主和政策制定者可采取更多行动，以确保残疾人在有偿就业中取得成功。
作者提出了雇主和政策制定者可采用的策略，这些策略在该研究及其他近期文件中均有推荐。
尽管人们试图推动残疾人就业议程向前发展，但北美和欧洲的成果似乎都低得可怜。有证据表明，雇主在这方面的行动仍然很少，而且政策制定者并未共同努力确保这一群体有成功的机会。为使环境发生重大改变，该领域的专业人员需要更积极地与雇主和政策制定者合作。
