Lessons from the Vocational Rehabilitation/Social Security Administration Experience
Year: 1996
Type: book-chapter
Abstract: National Academy of Social Insurance rehabilitation, which may be financed from different sources, such as the federal/state VR program, employers, insurers, or public cash bene fit programs, for different subsets of the population.More generalized education and employment policies also can be considered as part of disability policy.To the extent that such approaches enable Americans to gain and maintain the ability to compete in today's labor market, they aid in preventing even quite significant impairments from result ing in work disability.Finally, cash support programs-social insur ance and social assistance-remain critical elements of disability policy for those who experience periods of work incapacity. NOTES1 See particularly LaPlante (1992), and LaPlante, Miller, and Miller (1992) 2. The functional limitations are defined in the 1991-1992 Survey of Income and Program Par ticipation to include the following, a work disability, a functional limitation in seeing, hearing, speaking, lifting, climbing stairs, or walking, a limitation in activities of daily living that include bathing, eating, toileting, getting around inside the home, getting in or out of bed or a chair; or instrumental activities of daily living that include going outside the home, keeping track of money and bills, preparing meals, doing light housework, or using the telephone, or a mental or emo tional disability 3. The poverty threshold for an individual under age 65 was $7,357 in 1993, while federal SSI benefits were $434 a month Both are adjusted each year by changes in the Consumer Price Index.
Authors: Edward Berkowitz, David Dean
Institutions: George Washington University, University of Richmond
Language: English
Subfield: Safety Research
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: gold
OpenAlex ID: W184207240