| Summary: | 碩士 === 國立暨南國際大學 === 社會政策與社會工作學系 === 100 === The purposes of the study are investigating: 1) the processes and experiences of
returning to work of the persons with acquired physical disabilities; 2) determinants of the cycles of unemployment and returning to work of those persons and 3) perception and resources utilization while returning to work of those persons. The study was a qualitative research design which aimed to understand individual differences as well as subjective interpretation of persons with acquired physical disabilities during the processes of returning
to work. Data was collected by interviewing seven participants with varieties degrees (mild,moderate and severe) of acquired physical disabilities.
The main findings of the study included:
1. The processes of returning to work were influenced by individual and family
characteristics, acceptance of occupational surroundings, public opinions as well as adaptation of disabilities.
2. Returning to work increased self-value of persons with acquired physical disabilities, and enhanced their social roles in family and society. However, the processes were hampered by low dignity, discrimination, limit of occupational chances as well as uncertain incomes. They expected to have more prospective career and involve in reciprocal roles.
3. Functions and utilizations of social resources:
1) To provide flexible and extensive resources which consisted of occupational training,occupational redesign, matched employment and support from family, finances as well as transportation.
2) To provide formal resources those comprised jobs offering, occupational training,obligation negotiation and reimbursement of occupational injuries.
3) Collaboration of formal and informal resources could compensate the stiffness,
bureaucracy and low accessibility from the government sectors and also enhance networking and long-term stability of informal resources.
Based on the study findings, further suggestions are as follows:
1. In policy-making, the enactment of anti-discrimination law is necessary to strengthen the right of the disabilities and thereby preserve their dignity through the establishment of supportive social environment.
2. In practical service issues, those include: enhancing training for workers who provide services for seeking occupations of the persons with acquired physical disabilities;measures to facilitate the acceptance and friendly attitude from the employers for employees and job-seekers with acquired physical disabilities; elevating positive interpersonal interactions of the persons with acquired physical disabilities; providing more jobs choices and collaborating formal and informal resources for comprehensive networking and services for returning to work.
3. For further researches, those include: further investigating the experiences and reaction of the persons with acquired physical disabilities arising from the discrimination;investigating the reasons which deter the employers to provide jobs for the persons with acquired physical disabilities; the active roles of service providers for persons with acquired physical disabilities and finally investigating the processes and methods designed for returning to work of the persons with acquired physical disabilities provided by the welfare-providing units.
Key words: acquired physical disabilities; returning to work
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