Document Type
Article
Publication Date
Spring 2004
Abstract
Improving rehabilitation services for Asian Americans with disabilities through the rehabilitation counseling process remains as an ongoing challenge. Despite being the fastest growing ethnic group in the United States, past studies have reported low utilization rates of vocational rehabilitation and mental health services among this population. This article (a) describes Asian American views on disabilities from religious, philosophical, and spiritual perspectives; (b) reviews factors that may contribute to their being underserved in the rehabilitation; (c) discusses the influence of family dynamics on the rehabilitation process; (d) underscores unique employment challenges facing the Asian Immigrant community; and (e) draws out the implications of such an analysis for rehabilitation counseling.
Recommended Citation
Chen, R. K., Jo, S.-J., & Donnell, C. M. (2004). Enhancing the Rehabilitation Counseling Process: Understanding the Obstacles to Asian Americans’ Utilization of Services. Journal of Applied Rehabilitation Counseling, 35(1), 29–35. https://doi.org/10.1891/0047-2220.35.1.29
DOI
10.1891/0047-2220.35.1.29
Comments
Copyright National Rehabilitation Counseling Association 2004. Original published version available at doi.org/10.1891/0047-2220.35.1.29