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Policy and Practice Brief: Fifteen Years Along the Bumpy Road to Self Support; The Case of Larry Wellman and Benefits Planning Along the Way
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This brief presents a fifteen year case study reflecting on one person’s lifelong pursuit of quality employment. Reviewed along the way are actual events, supports the individual received and guidance and information presented to assist the person in making informed choices and connecting to critical resources needed to support employment.
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2006-06-22Subject
ADA; age; aging; Americans with Disabilities Act; Baby Boomer; bar; barrier; barriers; benefits; bias; bigotry; blocks; Civil Rights; developmental disabled; disabilities; disability; Disability Benefits and Work; EDIcat3-DBW; Disability Programs; Disability Rights Laws; disable; disabled; disablement; disabling; discriminate; discriminating; discrimination; earnings; elder; employ; employing; employment; Equal Opportunity; Federal Insurance Contributions Act; FICA; handicap; handicapped; heal; impairment; impediments; inequity; Insurance; intolerance; learning disability; limitation; limitation; long term disability; maternity leave; mature; mental handicap; mental retardation; OASDI; obstacles; Old Age; Survivors and Disability; Old Age; Survivors; and Disability Insurance; older; paternity leave; physical disability; prejudice; protection; recuperate; rehabilitate; rehabilitated; rehabilitating; rehabilitation; rehabilitative; retirement; self-employment; separation; short term disability; single out; Social Security; Social Security Disability Insurance; special need; SSDI; SSI; stereotype; Supplemental Security Income; therapy; Title 2; Title 3; Title II; Title III; treatment; unfairness; vocational rehabilitation; work
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