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Korean Disability Employment Policy: What is it offering people with learning disabilities?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 June 2006

Jin Woo Kim  and
Ann Davis
Jin Woo Kim
Affiliation:
Ministry of Health and Welfare in Republic of Korea E-mail: [email protected]
Ann Davis
Affiliation:
Institute of Applied Social Studies, University of Birmingham E-mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

From the 1960s onwards opportunities for employment for disabled people have been promoted by the South Korean government and recent research has focused on the achievements of policies in this area. However people with learning disabilities have largely been ignored in this research. The paper draws on a study which used research methods designed explicitly to enable people with learning disabilities to participate and their voices to be heard. The findings highlight the failure of current policies to provide suitable employment opportunities for people with learning disabilities and the paper concludes with some recommendations.

Type
Themed Section on South Korea: Developing social policy and practice in a changing society
Information
Social Policy and Society , Volume 5 , Issue 3 , July 2006 , pp. 409 - 419
Copyright
Cambridge University Press 2006

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