An integrative employment model for people with physical disabilities

The purpose of the study is a comprehensive study of both hindering and contributing factors, barriers affecting the employment of people with physical disabilities. As a result, they are combined into a single, integrated system to develop integrated solutions and improve the effectiveness of employment programs.

Methodology – as part of the study of factors and barriers affecting the employment of people with physical disabilities, a review of domestic and foreign scientific literature was conducted. The analysis of works devoted to the identification of both hindering and contributing factors of employment became the basis for the development of an integrative model of employment for people with physical disabilities.

The originality / value of the research lies in the comprehensive study of the hindering and supporting factors and barriers to employment of persons with physical disabilities, which allowed the development of an integrative employment model to offer comprehensive solutions and to improve the effectiveness of employment programs.

The results of the study include the identification of a number of factors that hinder the employment of people with physical disabilities and barriers, including: physical, psychological, communication and technological barriers, discrimination, excessive family patronage, doubts among recruitment specialists about the ability of people with physical disabilities. As well as identifying auxiliary employment factors such as organizational, social, personal and structural barriers.

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