
Transportation to employment
Abstract
For decades, the employment of Norwegians with disabilities has been lower than for the rest of the population. One possible explanation is inaccessible transportation. To people with disabilities, transportation might pose a significant barrier to employment. Through interviews with people with disabilities who are currently or have been previously employed, this study identifies barriers to transportation experienced by people with disabilities, the presence of these barriers in their occupational lives and the potential consequences for employment. The study shows that transportation is an obvious obstruction to equal level of employment of people with disabilities in their early career, active career and late career.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/15017419.2012.735199 | Journal eISSN: 1745-3011
Language: English
Page range: 342 - 360
Submitted on: Nov 25, 2011
Accepted on: Sep 4, 2012
Published on: Dec 4, 2013
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
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© 2013 Kristin Ystmark Bjerkan, Marianne Elvsaas Nordtømme, An-Magritt Kummeneje, published by Stockholm University Press
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