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A-Way Express: A Way to Empowerment through Competitive Employment

Publication: Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health
September 1992

Abstract

As traditional vocational rehabilitation programs for the psychiatrically disabled have failed to improve participation of this most marginalized group in the labour force, alternatives are needed to deal with extremely high unemployment of psychiatric survivors. The following article describes a grassroots initiative that has considerably changed life and employment prospects of 50 consumers-survivors in Toronto.

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Les programmes traditionnels de réhabilitation professionnelle pour les personnes atteintes de troubles psychiatriques n'ont pas réussi à assurer une meilleure participation au monde du travail de ces groupes les plus marginaux. Dès lors, des pratiques alternatives sont devenues nécessaires pour faire face au taux extrêmement élevé de sans-empoi chez les «survivants» ou ex-psychiatrisés. Le présent article décrit une initiative locale qui a changé de façon significative les possibilités d'emploi et la vie de 50 «bénéficiaires-survivants» de Toronto.

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cover image Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health
Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health
Volume 11Number 2September 1992
Pages: 73 - 77

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Version of record online: 6 May 2009

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