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Returning The Disabled Soldier To Economic Independence
In finding jobs for the handicapped, we look at the disabled man’s capabilities rather than at his disabilities, and if we look long enough and carefully enough we will find many jobs for which the individual disability does not disqualify. If men are trained and put in those jobs they will, of course, succeed. This is, however, not as easy as it sounds. It requires long and painstaking work....
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Title: Returning The Disabled Soldier To Economic Independence
Creator: Douglas C. McMurtrie (author)
Date: November 1918
Format: Article
Publication: Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science
Source: Available at selected libraries
Location: vol.80, pp.62-69
Keywords: Advocacy; Amputees; Blind; Canada; Cripple; Economics; Education; Employment; England; France; Government; Health & Medicine; Hospitals; Institutions; Labor; Labor & Commerce; Military; Physical Disability; Rehabilitation; Sensory Disability; Social Welfare & Employment; Veterans; Veterans & Military; War; Winifred Holt; Work; WWI
Topics: Government, Policy & Law; Institutions, Organizations & Corporations; Social Movements & Advocacy
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