Providing vocational rehabilitation for the disabled

Training of the disabled for employment
Developing skills for handicapped
Developing handicap training
Training handicapped people

Description

Providing vocational rehabilitation for the disabled involves delivering targeted training, support, and resources to enable individuals with disabilities to gain, retain, or return to meaningful employment. This strategy addresses barriers such as skill gaps, workplace accessibility, and discrimination by offering job coaching, adaptive technologies, and placement services. Its practical intent is to enhance economic independence, social integration, and quality of life for disabled persons, while remedying exclusion from the workforce and underutilization of their potential.

Context

Experience has demonstrated the substantial capability of disabled persons to perform effectively in commercial enterprises and to create their own businesses when provided with appropriate training and community support.

Implementation

Many countries are experimenting with a community-oriented approach to employment, income enhancement and work support systems, especially since there seems to be little alternative to this non-institutional approach if the large numbers of disabled people seeking employment are to be served. ILO assists governments to develop and improve vocational rehabilitation programmes for physically and mentally disabled persons (including recovering addicts). It assists in the training of rehabilitation staff.