Summary: | 博士 === 國立臺灣師範大學 === 特殊教育研究所 === 89 === Consumer-Based Job Accommodation
--Experiences of job accommodation
of disabled workers
Cuiu Man-yen (Theresa)
ABSTRACT
The purposes of this study were to understand content, difficulties, and resolution of problems of job accommodation(JA) by interviewing two individuals of the disabled, three significant persons in terms of interview, and by collecting information from twenty-five significant persons in terms of brief interview or meeting method.
The results of this study were as followed:
1.The needs of job accommodation:(1)included items of resource accessibility accommodation and non- resource accessibility accommodation;(2)were different because of disabilities, degree of disability, and occupations;(3) were different within an individual;(4)were either once or long-termed;(5)were better to implement from the beginning of the job.
2.Difficulties of included:(1) extent of difficulty were too big or “up to others”;(2)the support system from employers was not strong enough;(3)defects of ‘explanation’, ‘choices’ , ‘communication’ ,‘design’ ,‘simplification’ ,‘effect’, and ‘following-up’ of services for the disabled;(4) assistive technology could not meet needs of the disabled;(5)problems of cognition of disabled workers.
3.Problems of JA could be solved in terms of disabled workers, employers, or social resources. But universal designs were necessary sometimes.
The suggestions of the study were as followed:
1. To provide JA including personal assistance services and non- personal assistance services.
2.To improve employers’ participation of processing of JA from viewpoint of running a business.
3.To reflect the quality of ‘explanation’, ‘choices’, ‘communication’, ‘design’, ’simplification’,
‘effect’, and ‘following-up’ of services for the disabled.
4. To deliver the information of services in terms of the most effect ways.
5. To integrate services of JA to community-based employment services system.
6. To provide universal designs at the same time.
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