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Cruise ships and kayaks: welfare and rehabilitation approaches for women with disabilities in poverty†

  1. Susan M. Foley Ph.D.‡,*,
  2. Joseph Marrone M.Ed.§,
  3. Mia Simon M.P.A.

Article first published online: 2 DEC 2002

DOI: 10.1002/bsl.509

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Behavioral Sciences & the Law

Behavioral Sciences & the Law

Special Issue: Disability, Public Policy, and Employment

Volume 20, Issue 6, pages 659–680, November/December 2002

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Foley, S. M., Marrone, J. and Simon, M. (2002), Cruise ships and kayaks: welfare and rehabilitation approaches for women with disabilities in poverty. Behav. Sci. Law, 20: 659–680. doi: 10.1002/bsl.509

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  1. Institute for Community Inclusion, University of Massachusetts, Boston, 100 Morrissey Boulevard, Boston, MA 02115, U.S.A.

  1. ‡

    Susan Foley, Ph.D., is Senior Research Associate at the Institute for Community Inclusion at the University of Massachusetts, Boston and Children's Hospital in Boston.

  2. §

    Joseph Marrone, M.Ed., is Program Manager at the Institute for Community Inclusion, Children's Hospital, Boston, and is based in Portland, OR.

  3. Mia Simon, M.P.A., is formerly a Program Manager at the Institute for Community Inclusion in Boston and is currently at the Human Resources Administration in New York City.

*Institute for Community Inclusion, University of Massachusetts, Boston, 100 Morrissey Boulevard, Boston, MA 02115, U.S.A.

  1. †

    This research was funded, in part, by the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research under grants No. H133B980037 and No. H133A990019. The opinions in this publication are those of the grantees and do not necessarily reflect those of NIDRR. The authors wish to thank John Butterworth for his editorial contributions to the manuscript and the reviewers for their kind assistance.

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 2 DEC 2002
  2. Article first published online: 2 DEC 2002

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  • National Institute of Disability and Rehabilitation Research. Grant Numbers: H133B980037, H133A990019

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Abstract

Women with disabilities have low employment rates and about one-third live in poverty. They represent half of the population using either services of the vocational rehabilitation (VR) system or the welfare system, and many use both. Although both systems have made gains in improving their employment status, neither comprehensively addresses the needs of this population. Welfare policy has encouraged state level innovation and moved large numbers of people into employment in as little as five years. State welfare agencies offer a range of services specifically addressing the needs of families with children. VR agencies have decades of specific experience assisting people with disabilities gain employment. Welfare reform has been the cruise ship moving large numbers of people across an ocean. VR agencies have been the kayak builders designing specialized small craft to move specific people along tributaries. What can they learn from each other? Copyright © 2002 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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