The Supported Employment Movement

The supported employment movement, an initiative to expand the opportunities for people with disabilities to find work in their own communities through vocational rehabilitation and ongoing job coaching, began spreading across the United States following the Rehabilitation Act Amendments of…

Title

The Supported Employment Movement

Subject

Employment
Legislation
Government Services
Indiana Institute on Disability and Community (IIDC, ISDD, DTC)

Description

The supported employment movement, an initiative to expand the opportunities for people with disabilities to find work in their own communities through vocational rehabilitation and ongoing job coaching, began spreading across the United States following the Rehabilitation Act Amendments of 1978.

In this video, Connie Ferrell, Suellen Jackson-Boner, and Patrick Sandy, three administrative pioneers of supported employment in Indiana in the 1980s, discuss some of the triumphs and challenges they faced in the early days of the movement.

Creator

Indiana Disability History Project

Date

2016-10-14

Contributor

Connie Ferrell - Interviewee
Suellen Jackson-Boner - Interviewee
Patrick Sandy - Interviewee
Jennie Todd - Interviewer

Rights

Copyright © 2016 The Trustees of Indiana University

Format

video/mp4

Language

English

Type

Oral History
Moving Image

Identifier

043-mi

Access Rights

Open to all users

Is Part Of

027-mi
039-mi
044-mi

Bibliographic Citation

"The Supported Employment Movement" YouTube video, 00:08:49, interview compilation 043-mi by the Indiana Disability History Project, posted by "Indiana Disability History" on October 14, 2016, https://youtu.be/iSBAvsXtim4

Spatial Coverage

Indiana

Temporal Coverage

1981-1985

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