Everybody's Handicapped

Duration: 22

Year Published: 1953

Creator: National Film Board of Canada

Format: 16mm

Color: B&W

Sound: sound

Description: Presents the case for wider employment of the physically handicapped in jobs for which they are qualified. Shows a placement officer persuading employers to define handicaps in terms of job requirements and to recognize the potentially valuable adjustments and adaptations handicapped persons may achieve. Uses graphs to show the lower accident rates and absenteeism of handicapped workers, and concludes that every person is handicapped in some way., Presents the case for wider employment of the physically handicapped in jobs for which they are qualified. Shows a placement officer persuading employers to define handicaps in terms of job requirements and to recognize the potentially valuable adjustments and adaptations handicapped persons may achieve. Uses graphs to show the lower accident rates and absenteeism of handicapped workers, and concludes that every person is handicapped in some way.

Complete Record: Presents the case for wider employment of the physically handicapped in jobs for which they are qualified. Shows a placement officer persuading employers to define handicaps in terms of job requirements and to recognize the potentially valuable adjustments and adaptations handicapped persons may achieve. Uses graphs to show the lower accident rates and absenteeism of handicapped workers, and concludes that every person is handicapped in some way., NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.