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2. Customized employment - Wikipedia

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   While self-employment is gaining credibility as a viable employment option for individuals with disabilities, self-employment is not for everyone". [4] Even though self-employment for individuals with disabilities is less common, it allows individuals to receive assistance in creating of independently owned small business that are typically ...

3. Reasonable accommodation - Wikipedia

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   An accommodation provides the same educational work, but in a way that accommodates their disabilities. For example, a student with limited vision may be given a large-print book. [14] This student reads the same work of literature as everyone else in the class, but the student is able to see the words on the page because of the larger type.

4. Employment of autistic people - Wikipedia

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   The employment of autistic people is a social issue. People with autism have one of the lowest employment rates among workers with disabilities, with between 76% and 90% of autistic people being unemployed in Europe in 2014 and approximately 85% in the US in 2023.

5. Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 - Wikipedia

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   [56] [57] To these employers, hiring people with disabilities became too expensive as they had to spend extra on assistive technology. In 2001, for men of all working ages and women under 40, Current Population Survey data showed a sharp drop in the employment of disabled workers, leading at least two economists to attribute the cause to the ...

6. Sheltered workshop - Wikipedia

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   At this time employment opportunities for people with disability were extremely limited. [4] In 1986, following the passage of the Commonwealth Disability Services Act (1986), Australia transitioned from the sheltered workshop system to the new model prioritizing employment for people with disabilities.

7. Disability in the United States - Wikipedia

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   People with disabilities in the United States are a significant minority group, making up a fifth of the overall population and over half of Americans older than eighty. [1] [2] There is a complex history underlying the U.S. and its relationship with its disabled population, with great progress being made in the last century to improve the livelihood of disabled citizens through legislation ...

8. Normalization (people with disabilities) - Wikipedia

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   Normalization involves the acceptance of some people with disabilities, with their disabilities, offering them the same conditions as are offered to other citizens. It involves an awareness of the normal rhythm of life – including the normal rhythm of a day, a week, a year, and the life-cycle itself (e.g., celebration of holidays; workday and ...

9. Inclusion (disability rights) - Wikipedia

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   In the United States, federal laws that pertain to individuals with disabilities aim to create an inclusive environment by promoting mainstreaming, nondiscrimination, reasonable accommodations, and universal design. There are three key federal laws that protect the rights of people with disabilities and attempt to ensure their inclusion in many ...