Contact information for each state's Office of Vocational Rehabilitation, compiled by the Job Accommodation Network.
Self-Employment Technical Assistance, Research and Training (START-UP / USA)
"START-UP / USA provides technical assistance and disseminates resources nationally to individuals interested in pursuing self-employment."
Vocational Rehabilitation
Vocational Rehabilitation entry found on the Website of the International Encyclopedia of Rehabilitation, written by Geoff Waghorn, Ph.D., Chris Lloyd and Hector W. H. Tsang, Ph.D.
WorkSupport.com
This Web site is a project of the Virginia Commonwealth University Rehabilitation Research and Training Center (RRTC). Its main goal is the study of "those supports that are most effective for assisting individuals with disabilities maintain employment and advance their career." The Web site's "Resources" section contains many documents useful to people with disabilities looking to obtain and keep employment, as well as rehabilitation professionals and those hiring people with disabilities.
Resources for Supported Employment: http://www.worksupport.com/resources/listContent.cfm/21/0
Supported Employment Fact Sheet
Fact sheet issued by the Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law.
http://www.bazelon.org/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=IVd2OXBERnI%3D&tabid=350
Workforce Development
Cafe Technical Assistance Center's publications on workforce development, including vocational support.
Supported Education for Consumers of Mental Health Services
Cafe Technical Assistance Center's publications on supported education.
International Journal of Psychosocial Rehabilitation
Website of the International Journal of Psychosocial Rehabilitation.
Frequently Asked Questions by Educators about Students with Psychiatric Disabilities
By Anne Sullivan for the Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation Boston University.
http://www.bu.edu/cpr/resources/articles/1997/sullivan-soydan1997.pdf
Living Well with a Psychiatric Disability in Work and School
"An interactive and informative web site for people with a psychiatric condition that addresses issues and reasonable accommodations related to work and school."
http://www.bu.edu/cpr/jobschool/
http://www.bipolarworld.net/job_school/js27.htm
Center for Psychiatric Rehabiliation: Higher Education Support Toolkit
"The Higher Education Support Toolkit (HES) provides disability service staff and health care staff with a simple way to work with students who are experiencing limitations arising from their psychiatric disability."