Transcript: 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

Transcript: The Supported Employment Movement

Subject

Employment
Legislation
Government Services

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.

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
Peggy Holtz - Interviewer

Rights

Copyright © 2016 The Trustees of Indiana University

Format

application/pdf

Language

English

Type

Oral History
Document

Identifier

043-do

Access Rights

Open to all users

Is Part Of

027-mi
039-mi
044-mi

Bibliographic Citation

The Supported Employment Movement, October 14, 2016, interview compilation 043-mi, transcript, Indiana Disability History Project, Center on Aging and Community, Indiana Institute on Disability and Community, Bloomington, IN, http://indianadisabilityhistory.org

Spatial Coverage

Indiana

Temporal Coverage

1981-1985

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