John O’Neill on Employing People with Disabilities

In this episode, we are talking with Dr. John O'Neil. He is the director of employment and disability research at Kessler Foundation and has over 28 years of experience in vocational rehabilitation as a rehabilitation counselor educator, disability employment researcher, and adviser to state vocational rehabilitation agencies. He spoke with Rob Gerth, the foundation's communications director.
John O'Neill, PhD is the director of employment and disability research at the Kessler Foundation and has over 28 years of experience in vocational rehabilitation as a rehabilitation counselor educator, disability employment researcher, and advisor to state vocational rehabilitation agencies. Dr. O’Neill has been a PI or co-PI on six National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research funded, five-year research and training centers focusing on traumatic brain injury and community integration, disability statistics, disability employment service system and how individual and contextual factors relate to employment outcomes among people with disabilities.

View the transcript of this podcast at kesslerfoundation.org/sites/default/…Transcript.pdf

Links:
More about Dr. O’Neill and his research (kesslerfoundation.org/aboutus/John%2…ampaign=oneill)

Jean Vanier official site (www.larcheusa.org/who-we-are/jean-vanier/)

Center for Employment and Disability Research (kesslerfoundation.org/research/cente…ampaign=oneill)

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