Aging and Disability
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Texas v. Kennedy and the Section 504 Integration Mandate: An Active Federal Case With Decades of Disability Civil Rights on the Line By Candace Metcalf, CRC, LPC | RehabilitationReform.com A coalition of eight states is asking a federal court in the Northern District of Texas to dismantle the regulatory backbone of community living for people…
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Geographic inequities in U.S. vocational rehabilitation systems driven by state-level policy variation, rural structural barriers, and uneven implementation of federal disability laws By Candace Metcalf, CRC, LPC | RehabilitationReform.com Vocational rehabilitation (VR) in the United States is a federally funded, state-administered system shaped by the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA),…
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Macro-Level Labor Market Analysis The rapid advance of automation and artificial intelligence (AI) is fundamentally reshaping U.S. employment structures, with low-skill and mid-skill jobs facing the highest displacement risks, particularly affecting cognitively vulnerable populations.[1] According to recent projections, the global vocational rehabilitation services market, which includes career counseling and job placement for disabled individuals, grew…
