The Study on the Selection of Expandable Disability Categories and Implications in Vocational Rehabilitation for Potential Employment Service Recipients

This study was conducted to select expandable disability categories based on the survey of rehabilitation professional group along with the collection of the basic data and individual needs of potential recipients of employment services, which are geared to generate policy proposals and implications in vocational rehabilitation. A total of 54 field experts and a total of 292 persons with selected disability categories participated in this study. Item to item analysis, descriptive statistics, ANOVA and Post-hoc comparisons were conducted by utilizing the SPSS 23.0 program. An online survey for the selection of expandable disability categories was conducted targeting the FGI groups and the field experts, and an individual desire survey including a basic data collection among those disability groups was distributed to the finally selected disability groups. As a result of the study the six expandable disability categories were illustrated in priority order including ADHD, Borderline Intellectual Disorder, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, CRPS, PTSD and Cerebellar Atrophy. The study results based on the individual need survey including a basic data collection showed a hierarchical difference in indicators such as employment status, degree of limitation in vocational choice, necessity of employment services, satisfaction index of the involved employment services, etc., suggesting the need of utilizing differential vocational rehabilitation programs in terms of the characteristics of the selected disability categories. Policy proposals and implications in vocational rehabilitation for potential employment service recipients were suggested.