{"title":"Barriers for the injured indigenous person to return to work","authors":"H. Flavell","doi":"10.1017/IDM.2014.33","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people carry a high disease burden with a consequent reduced life expectancy. There are reduced opportunities for conventional employment with further difficulties if the person has a disability. Nevertheless meaningful participation in community activities can occur. This paper will explore these issues giving examples of how this can be facilitated.","PeriodicalId":53532,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Disability Management","volume":"16 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2014-11-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"International Journal of Disability Management","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1017/IDM.2014.33","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"Social Sciences","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people carry a high disease burden with a consequent reduced life expectancy. There are reduced opportunities for conventional employment with further difficulties if the person has a disability. Nevertheless meaningful participation in community activities can occur. This paper will explore these issues giving examples of how this can be facilitated.