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Competitive Employment

Has It Become the "First Choice" Yet?

Paul Wehman

Virginia Commonwealth University, pwehman{at}atlas.vcu.edu

W. Grant Revell

Virginia Commonwealth University

Valerie Brooke

Virginia Commonwealth University

This article addresses the issue of availability of competitive employment for individuals with significant disabilities compared to segregated day and work services. Despite the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Supreme Court decision in the Olmstead v. L. C. (1999) case and its emphasis on full community integration for individuals with significant disabilities, and the blending of individualized support strategies with the philosophy of self-determination in the 1990s, the majority of individuals with significant disabilities currently are not working in competitive employment. In addition, the measures used to define quality supported employment outcomes and programs frequently lack clarity. In this article, the authors briefly discuss the underlying values that should be used to guide all competitive employment programs designed to support individuals with disabilities. Second, they detail benchmark indicators through which the quality of supported employment programs should be measured. The article concludes with a description of the importance of using quality indicators in assessing the validity of supported employment services, particularly in the current environment of strained and finite fiscal resources.

Journal of Disability Policy Studies, Vol. 14, No. 3, 163-173 (2003)
DOI: 10.1177/10442073030140030601
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