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Rehabilitation of Women With Physical Disabilities in India: A Huge Gap
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 15 October 2015
Abstract
The study aimed to determine various constraints faced by women with physical disabilities and their vocational rehabilitation in India. It revealed that the majority of these women belong to a lower income group. Their financial constraints hinder their treatment and education, and compel them to focus on vocational courses that will provide them with employment. It was found that there is a deficit in general coordination and a huge gap between the demands of the job market and the type of vocational courses done by the women, mainly because the vocational courses offered by the special institutes are outdated. The article concludes by stressing that successful rehabilitation of these women requires overall coordination, ranging from removing various constraints in the education system, modernisation of the vocational services according to capability as well as interest, and providing suitable vocational courses.
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- The Australian Journal of Rehabilitation Counselling , Volume 14 , Issue 1 , 01 November 2008 , pp. 1 - 15
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