The Role Of A Career Counselor Meets The Needs Of People With Disabilities

Disability is a definition of a physical or mental condition which impacts on a person’s movements, activities and senses. People with disabilities were informed of bias and disadvantages compared to an ordinary person. There are many biases and prejudices contributed to the discrimination of individuals with a disability. Partly because of social connotations the disabled people are useless, cannot work. In fact, these extraordinary people always bring and do incredible things. They not only overcome their grim fate, but also bring good things to life, especially those who are perfectly considering better than an ordinary person, they are not aware of the capacity of individuals disabilities with them characteristics such as loyalty, dedication, and hard work.

The career path of vocational rehabilitation counselor has come to me later in my professional career and it is not a path I would have anticipated taking. I do not recall taking interest assessments in high school, but if I had I would have probably fallen into the category of conventional personality type on John Holland’s personality scale. My early educational pursuits leaned toward administrative and business type positions. Most of my career I have worked in positions that were structured, predictable and very routine. Even though I worked in positions such as these I was often called upon to teach, train and instruct new employees. I found the most satisfaction in my job when I would work with individuals helping them to learn new tasks and obtain new skills.

We live in a digital world where the physical work becoming lesser and lesser day by day. In the professional world, if we look at any workplace whether it is industry or business, the people with disability will face discrimination. Stereotypical thinking is that people with physical disability cannot do much of work. Even though in this digital and machine world where less physical work required, though the disabled persons find difficulties. Most questionable thing is that, physically disabled persons who are entrepreneurs, they run their own business but they initially had faced discrimination in the professional world even though they have the qualification and every other qualities that proved that they are completely eligible for the job. The most questionable thing is that even bank which approved their loans for business, those banks also doubted them as a person.

“some employers perceive workers with a disability as a potential burden rather than an attribute”, this is the message confronting the readers of the article, “Disability Discrimination still rife in Australian Workplaces: Australian Network on Disability”. Written by Rachel Browne, she reiterates on professional workplace attitudes that hiring the disabled will increase insurance cost and they are less productive. Which connotes that the disabled are “useless”, the greatest insult. Just like the definition of rife, these widespread attitudes resonate throughout the article, allowing the reader to see how sickening such attitudes are. The anecdote that an “articulate, well-qualified and experienced” professional suffering from cerebral palsy faced many job seeking challenges due to her disability highlights the clear flaw in societal beliefs. Readers are forced to see societal attitudes as the true burden, an ingenious call of message to destroy such societal burdens. What’s more confronting is the inclusion of the recount, “Don’t worry about the next candidate, we are only doing the interview to be seen as doing the right thing.” It is

One of the barriers expressed by 61.6 % of businesses surveyed by the US DOL is the “actual cost of accommodating disability” (“Survey of employer perspectives”, 2008, p. 12). In order to better understand how people with disabilities are viewed by their peers I will create a survey which will ask responders to voice their feedback on what they believe prevents people with disabilities from engaging in the workforce. The survey will also cover stereotypes which the responder can agree or disagree with.

In the past, having a disability was seen as a physical imperfection. People with disabilities were treated as moral and social subordinates. We were trained that if a person had a disability they were not able to perform a task with the same ability as a normal person. They have been denied jobs for which they are highly qualified because they have been considered incompetent, or because employers were not comfortable with their presence in the workplace. Occasionally people with certain disabilities have been committed to institutions and facilities because people believed they were incapable of making decisions or caring for themselves or because people did not want to interact with them (Blanck, 2004).

For my project I have chosen to compose a training guide for managers which provides them with information and skills necessary in order to recognize, empower and accommodate people with disabilities I believe that many people who are disabled and unemployed may want to work but may feel marginalized and like there is no place for them in the workforce. “People with a disability are among the most marginalized groups in the world, having poorer state of health, lower education achievements, less economic participation and higher rates of poverty than people without disabilities” (“The marginalized Billion”, 2013). I think that a work environment which recognizes, empowers and accommodates people with disabilities would realize an increase in the number of people with disabilities whom they employ. Disabled people would want to work in this environment because it

Legislation assisting students with disabilities (SWD) with equal opportunities in education and training has been progressive. Legislative mandates underpinning CTE and inclusion of students with special education needs has occurred in rapid succession since the 1950’s. There are several key legislative directives, which bolster the inclusion of students with disabilities (SWD) in career and technical education (CTE). In 1975, The Education for All Handicapped Children Act, together with the Americans with Disabilities Act (1990), the Rehabilitation Act (1973) and Section 504, prohibit discrimination based on disability, and require equal access for all students in programs that are federally funded. Furthermore, the Perkins Act (1998) requires that individuals with disabilities receive equal access to all vocational education endeavors supported by federal financial assistance and bars discriminatory practices based on ability (Ordover and Annexstein,

According to Margret Vickers the Sociologists have been concerned about the inequality of patients that have a chronic to life altering disease especially at work. A person with a disability is categorized as being other, different, and outside the norm, faces obstacles of trying to fit in to the working environment. Furthermore, employees who don’t possess the physical, emotional or cognitive attributes that others present maybe stigmatized or discredited. The workplace remains difficult for people with a life altering illness to negotiate and be secure furthermore employment has actually decreased worldwide.

It concludes with ‘Invest in Disabilities’ in terms of ‘Grow Your Own’. It further highlights the consequences of the historic medical model of disability, whereby many persons with disabilities leave the education system poorly equipped to join the workplace. The core aim of the article is to encourage organisations to identify learners leaving the schooling system, bridge the skills gap, leveraging the learned skills through employment and the benefit on an organisations Skills Development

Living with disabilities on a daily basis can be more difficult then some realize. Many people who are born with developmental disabilities start their education and therapy at a very young age and there are also those people who have been diagnosed with a disability sometime during their lifetime. But what is there for them to do once they have graduated from high school or are told they are too old to continue in a regular school or they are simply told they aren’t accepted in the “normal” community? In all reality there really

I am now retired after a 37 year career in human services with the state of Minnesota. I can bring a wealth of experience in coordinating services and programs with relevant stakeholders whether they pertain to individuals with disabilities or persons with healthy nutrition needs. Further, I feel this opportunity is a natural extension of my adult interest in providing needed service to underserved persons especially in rural

The article “Providing Work Opportunities for People with Disabilities Benefits Economy and Society” was published on

To begin, the negative perception that people with disabilities are not capable of completing all of the tasks their counterparts complete has made it hard for people with disabilities to achieve their desired careers or employment at

This study intends to explore on the services offered to students with disabilities, and the outcomes of these services to their education and career goals. It will examine if the obstacles faced by special needs children have to do with how effective the policies are in addressing the needs of such children. This study is important to children with disabilities because it can help them discover the education opportunities available for them, the institutions they can rely on for economic support, and the treatment they should expect from the society.