What is a disability?
(Per the ADA)
"An individual is considered to have a disability if s/he has a
physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one
or more major life activities, has a record of
such an impairment, or is regarded as having
such an impairment.”
Who does VocRehab Vermont serve?
VR serves people with disabilities who want to work. These people
range in age, education level and severity of disability.
Many people have what are called “hidden disabilities” because
their disabilities are not obvious when looking at
them. These individuals might have a learning disability,
an anxiety disorder,
chronic pain, a heart ailment or schizophrenia. The
person might be a teenager planning
a career for after high school graduation, or a person
who experienced a disability later in life after
a long work history.
Client Snapshot
Roughly evenly split between male and female
Clients Served by age:
- 50% age 30 – 50
- 17% are under 20
- 16% are in their 20’s
- 16% are over 50 years of age
Clients Served by Education:
- 27% have less than a high school diploma
- 45% have a high school
diploma
- 12% have an Associate’s Degree or higher
- 13% have some college
education but no degree
Clients Served by
type of diability:
- 30% orthopedic impairment
- 43% report emotional or cognitive problems
- 27% comprise other
types of disabilities
Clients Served by industry:
- 16% of VR service recipients are employed in professional,
technical or managerial jobs
- 23% in clerical or sales
- 29% in service occupations
- 32% are about evenly distributed across the remaining
six occupational groups (bench work, agricultural, processing,
structural, machine trades, and miscellaneous).
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