Employment & Recovery for People with Mental Disabilities

Populations of Clients Requiring Vocational Supports

1) People who become mentally disabled while working at a job. They may subsequently request special accommodations or go on medical leave and short-term disability.

 These are people who may want to remain at or return to an existing job, or they may want to find an entirely different one.

 2) People who have been recently hospitalized and/or have not worked for a long time due to a mental disability.

 These are people who typically have not worked for an extended period and want to find a new job.

 3) I work on employment issues with people from 18-68 years old. Typically with younger people, the disability issues that need to be addressed are with their academic institutions not employers.

Janice E. Cohen, M.D. 

www.janicecohenmd.com   

 first presented on May 15, 2009

 Understanding Employment Issues for People

with Psychiatric and/or Developmental Disabilities

 A  Seminar Sponsored by People With Disabilities Foundation,  San Francisco, California