abstract: 'Purpose of ReviewThis review focuses on employment after spinal cord

  injury (SCI) and highlights recent evidence-based models of vocational

  rehabilitation.Recent FindingsEmployment rates among people with SCI

  remain much lower than the general population. Benefits of employment

  for persons with SCI include improved quality of life, enhanced

  independence, reduced depression, improved social integration, greater

  life satisfaction, better health, and longevity. When striving to work

  after SCI, there are facilitators to be exploited (e.g., education,

  transportation, assistive technology) and barriers that need management

  (e.g., secondary medical complications).SummaryIndividualized placement

  and support (IPS) and vocational resource facilitation (VRF) are

  examples of new evidence-based models of vocational rehabilitation that

  integrate vocational services with clinical care in order to better help

  persons with SCI find competitive employment in the community. If people

  with SCI do not return to work soon after their injury, then it may take

  more time for them to reach their full vocational potential.'
affiliation: 'Dyson-Hudson, TA (Corresponding Author), Kessler Fdn, W Orange, NJ 07052
  USA.

  Dyson-Hudson, TA (Corresponding Author), Rutgers New Jersey Med Sch, Dept Phys Med
  \& Rehabil, Newark, NJ 07103 USA.

  O''Neill, John; Dyson-Hudson, Trevor A., Kessler Fdn, W Orange, NJ 07052 USA.

  O''Neill, John; Dyson-Hudson, Trevor A., Rutgers New Jersey Med Sch, Dept Phys Med
  \& Rehabil, Newark, NJ 07103 USA.

  O''Neill, John, Rutgers State Univ, John J Heldrich Ctr Workforce Dev, New Brunswick,
  NJ USA.

  O''Neill, John, CUNY Hunter Coll, New York, NY 10021 USA.'
author: O'Neill, John and Dyson-Hudson, Trevor A.
author-email: tdysonhudson@kesslerfoundation.org
author_list:
- family: O'Neill
  given: John
- family: Dyson-Hudson
  given: Trevor A.
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.1007/s40141-020-00266-4
eissn: 2167-4833
files: []
journal: CURRENT PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION REPORTS
keywords: 'Spinal cord injuries; Employment; Supported employment; Return-to-work;

  Vocational rehabilitation; Rehabilitation'
keywords-plus: 'QUALITY-OF-LIFE; SUPPORTED EMPLOYMENT; INDIVIDUAL PLACEMENT; RETURN;

  WORK; PARTICIPATION; VETERANS; OUTCOMES; COMMUNITY; ADULTS'
language: English
month: SEP
number: '3'
number-of-cited-references: '63'
pages: 141-148
papis_id: 5c6aa1712375fbad230ea5d8c20cb769
ref: Oneill2020employmentspinal
times-cited: '13'
title: Employment After Spinal Cord Injury
type: article
unique-id: WOS:000670358600007
usage-count-last-180-days: '0'
usage-count-since-2013: '2'
volume: '8'
web-of-science-categories: Rehabilitation
year: '2020'