Barriers which Inhibit the Transition from School to Employement

Classification of learner's barriers

I.E.A / I.C.R

1. Attitudes/Perception

People usually are really friendly with persons with disabilities, but they have not enough information about what disability is and sometimes what they

have is not real information.

Some people told to a job seeker with a disability that it is useless to send CV's because he/she will not

be choosen anyway.

2. Structural

There are some laws in the papers but nothing in the reality.

Some laws are not useful.

There are no concrete laws to integrate people with

disabilities in normal jobs.

3. Environmental

Some of the job seekers with a disabilty say that it is getting better compared to the past, but there is

still some social discrimination.

4. Education/ Training

Many persons with disabilities attend special schools.

5. Resources/ Opportunities/ Information

Advertisements of awareness about disabilities are only emited on holidays,

like something extraordinary.

Some of them say that employers prefer people without disabilities.

Some people looked at them while they were working as if they were obstacles for

the good results on the work.

6. Accessibility

Although a lot of work has been done, there still are mainstream school which are not accessible.

In mainstream schools there are some dificulties for persons with disabilities to

pass the exams.

Mainstream an special schools do not prepare students appropriately for the

working life.

Most buildings are not adapted for persons with disabilities.

7. Economic Reason