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A Historical Overview of Disability and Employment in the United States, 1600 to 1950

Year: 2014

Type: article

Abstract: Through a preliminary review of existing literature and archival source materials, this brief overview begins the task of compiling existing data about the history of disability and employment in the United States. A chronological framework is used that includes employment–related phenomena. The major topics covered are pre-industrial rural life, post-industrial work opportunities and the government’s response to the employment needs of disabled veterans. In addition, due to relevance to the topic, there is a brief mention of freak shows and the dawning disability rights movement after WWI.

Source: The review of disability studies/Review of disability studies

Author: Stephanie Patterson

Institution: Stony Brook University

Language: English

Topic: Disability Education and Employment

Subfield: Education

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Decent work and economic growth, Reduced inequalities

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W1572804431

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Cites: 13

Cited by: 5

Related to: 10