People with Disabilities: A Texas Profile

More documents

Recommendations

Info

No Texan can be left behind. Private and public sector workplaces that support integrated employment opportunities as well as a greater use of assistive technologies in the workplace can provide individuals with disabilities the opportunity to gain and maintain employment. 34 Texas Workforce Investment Council
References Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2012). Persons with a disability: Labor force characteristics–2011. Retrieved January 18, 2013, from http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/disabl.pdf Committee on People with Disabilities. (2013). Policy recommendations for the 2013–2015 biennium 83rd legislative session: January 2013. Retrieved January 29, 2013, from http://governor.state.tx.us/files/disabilities/2013‐ 2015_Policy_Recommendations_Final_Approved_012513.pdf Erickson, W., Lee, C., & Von Schrader, S. (2012). 2011 Disability status report: Texas. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Employment and Disability Institute. Retrieved January 29, 2013, from http://www.disabilitystatistics.org/StatusReports/2011‐PDF/2011‐StatusReport_TX.pdf Hitchings, W., Luzzo, D., Ristow, R., Horvath, M., Retish, P., & Tanners, A. (2001). The career development needs of college students with learning disabilities: In their own words. Learning Disabilities Research and Practice 16, 8‐17. Retrieved February 14, 2013, from http://eden.rutgers.edu/~nork/SNS/Career%20development%20needs%20of%20college%20stu dents%20with%20learning%20disabilities.pdf Missouri Census Data Center. (2013). MABLE / Geocorr12: Geographic correspondence engine. Retrieved February 14, 2013, from http://mcdc.missouri.edu/websas/geocorr12.html Stewart, D., Freeman, M., Law, M., Healy, H., Burke‐Gaffney, J., Forhan, M., Young, N., & Guenther, S. (2008). Transition to adulthood for youth with disabilities: Evidence from the literature. Retrieved February 14, 2013, from http://cirrie.buffalo.edu/encyclopedia/en/article/110/ Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. (2012). State estimates of substance use and mental disorders from the 2010‐2011 NSDUHs: 12 or older Excel and CSV tables, table 23. Retrieved February 13, 2013, from http://www.samhsa.gov/data/NSDUH/2k11State/NSDUHsaeTOC2011.htm Texas Workforce Investment Council. (2012). Veterans in Texas: A demographic study. Retrieved January 25, 2013, from http://governor.state.tx.us/files/twic/Veterans_in_Texas.pdf U.S. Department of Labor Office of Disability Employment Policy. (2009). Diversifying your workforce. Retrieved January 10, 2013, from http://www.dol.gov/odep/documents/Flip%20Guide_FINAL_3%2030_508%20compliant2.pdf World Health Organization. (2013). Health topics: Disabilities. Retrieved January 9, 2013, from http://www.who.int/topics/disabilities/en/ Texas Workforce Investment Council 35
Page 1 and 2: April 2013 Texas Workforce Investme
Page 3 and 4: PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES: A TEXAS P
Page 5 and 6: Table of Contents Introduction ....
Page 7 and 8: LWDA 7: North East ................
Page 9 and 10: List of Tables Table 1: The Ten Sta
Page 11 and 12: Table 62: LWDA 11 Permian Basin-Lab
Page 13 and 14: List of Figures Figure 1: Number of
Page 15 and 16: Introduction Individuals with disab
Page 17 and 18: Concepts, Data Limitations, and Iss
Page 19 and 20: Data Center (2013) were used to ali
Page 21 and 22: Individuals with Disabilities in th
Page 23 and 24: Figure 2: Number and Percentage of
Page 25 and 26: Table 4: Number of Individuals in U
Page 27 and 28: Figure 3: National Unemployment Rat
Page 29 and 30: Individuals with Disabilities in Te
Page 31 and 32: Figure 7: Number and Percentage of
Page 33 and 34: Table 8: Percentages of Texans with
Page 35 and 36: Table 10: Number of Individuals in
Page 37 and 38: Table 12: Texas Labor Force Partici
Page 39 and 40: Table 15: Top 20 Industries Employi
Page 41 and 42: Table 17: Disabilities Reported by
Page 43 and 44: ating (33.2 percent) have a disabil
Page 45 and 46: Texas Workforce Investment Council
Page 47: Concluding Comments This study prov
Page 51 and 52: Appendix A: Number of Individuals w
Page 53 and 54: Appendix B: U.S. and Texas Disabili
Page 55 and 56: Appendix C: Number of Individuals w
Page 57 and 58: Appendix D: Number of Individuals w
Page 59 and 60: LWDA 2: South Plains Table 25: LWDA
Page 61 and 62: County LWDA 6: Dallas Table 29: LWD
Page 63 and 64: LWDA 9: West Central Table 32: LWDA
Page 65 and 66: County LWDA 12: Concho Valley Table
Page 67 and 68: LWDA 16: Brazos Valley Table 39: LW
Page 69 and 70: County LWDA 20: Alamo Table 43: LWD
Page 71 and 72: LWDA 24: Cameron County Table 47: L
Page 73 and 74: Appendix E: Labor Force Participant
Page 75 and 76: LWDA 2: South Plains Table 53: LWDA
Page 77 and 78: LWDA 7: North East Table 58: LWDA 7
Page 79 and 80: LWDA 11: Permian Basin Table 62: LW
Page 81 and 82: LWDA 16: Brazos Valley Table 67: LW
Page 83 and 84: LWDA 21: South Texas Table 72: LWDA
Page 85 and 86: LWDA 27: Middle Rio Grande Table 78
Page 87 and 88: Texas Workforce Investment Council

People with Disabilities: A Texas Profile

You also want an ePaper? Increase the reach of your titles

Delete template?

Save as template?