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This 6 page paper discusses the barriers and obstacles that face a young disabled African American male in terms of vocational rehabilitation counseling. Data provide the proportion of black versus white disabled who are employed full-time. Alternatives for counseling interventions are discussed. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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AMERICAN MALES & VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION For The PaperStore, May 2001 properly! Howard Jenkins is a 26-year
old African American who graduated from college as communications major. He had no luck finding a job and finally turned to a temp agency. After he filled out the application
form, the worker in the agency gawked at his crutch and said: "Well see what we can do, but I dont think that we can find anything for you" (Ayres-Williams,
1998). They never called him. Jenkins is certain that his disability is standing in the way of his finding employment. He has a mild case of cerebral palsy, which is
a motion disorder that is caused by brain damage. The result is muscle spasms, speech problems and poor muscle control or coordination. This disease affects about 500,000 Americans. Jenkins says
that when employers discover he has a disability, they do not want to hire him (Ayres-Williams, 1998). Ayres-Williams reports that there are thousands of African Americans who have
disabilities who believe they are barred from ever getting a good job. The most recent Census data regarding this issue come from the 1994-95 U.S. Census Bureaus Survey of Income
and Program Participation data. According to this survey, there are about 4.2 million disabled African Americans in the United States. Of these, only 28.3 percent have full-time employment. Very few
of them are employed in professional jobs in the private sector. On the other hand, there are more than 22 million disabled white people and almost half of them are
employed full-time (Ayres-Williams, 1998). Feist-Price and Ford-Harris (1994) reported there are cultural-specific issues that influence the rehabilitation process. "African Americans differ from other Americans in a variety
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