abstract: 'Despite advances in treatment, the availability of assistive technology,

  and passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), unemployment

  is a significant problem for people with multiple sclerosis (MS). Some

  researchers have attributed this problem to personal factors, including

  fatigue or other impairments caused by MS or lack of education and

  training. Other writers focus on societal barriers, including negative

  public attitudes or lack of physical access. This article uses

  qualitative methods to explore another hypothesis: policies contained

  within federal programs themselves, such as income maintenance, health

  care, and vocational rehabilitation, constitute a third set of barriers

  to employment for people with MS.'
affiliation: Natl Rehabil Hosp, Res Ctr, Washington, DC 20010 USA.
author: O'Day, B
author_list:
- family: O'Day
  given: B
da: '2023-09-28'
files: []
issn: 0888-4390
journal: JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGIC REHABILITATION
keywords: 'multiple sclerosis; employment; Social Security disability; vocational

  rehabilitation; health care'
language: English
number: '3'
number-of-cited-references: '24'
pages: 139-146
papis_id: 5faa66ecb371332ab9dcf0289a9bd40f
ref: Oday1998barrierspeople
times-cited: '33'
title: 'Barriers for people with multiple sclerosis who want to work: A qualitative
  study'
type: Article
unique-id: WOS:000078648700008
usage-count-last-180-days: '1'
usage-count-since-2013: '8'
volume: '12'
web-of-science-categories: Clinical Neurology; Rehabilitation
year: '1998'