Most Recent Articles from American Rehabilitation

• Slaying dragons: building self-confidence and raising expectations through orientation center training 

  In his 1919 fable, "The 51st Dragon," Heywood Broun describes the exploits of Gawaine, a young student in knight school who is so timid and fearful...

  09/22/04 by Sandy Tigges · More from publication

• Our commitment: to the empowerment of individuals with disabilities 

  Empowerment is multidimensional. It means, among other things, having decision-making power, access to information, the opportunity to make...

  09/22/04 by Joanne Wilson · More from publication

• Consumer organizations: important resources for VR agencies 

  Periodically, the commissioner of the Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA) disseminates memoranda to the RSA Senior Management Team to...

  09/22/04 · More from publication

• Empowering people with disabilities through vocational rehabilitation counseling 

  As a result of systemic "castification" (1) processes and the rapidly changing world of work, assisting people with disabilities with obtaining and...

  09/22/04 by John F. Kosciulek · More from publication

• How empowerment: changed my life 

  "I don't have to live in my car anymore." "I don't have to live in my car anymore." It is through my personal and professional experience that...

  09/22/04 by Marcie Kelley · More from publication

• Enhancing personal empowerment of people with psychiatric disabilities 

  For most of recorded history, people with psychiatric disabilities have struggled with maintaining personal power over their lives. The...

  09/22/04 by Patrick W. Corrigan · More from publication

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