Inequities in the VR system: Do they still exist

This investigation determined whether differences still exist for racial minorities and women in terms of acceptance rates, employment outcomes, and quality of successful closures in the state-federal vocational rehabilitation system. Three control variables— age, education level, and severity of disability—were used in a logistic regression model. Differences in odds (based on odds ratio estimates) were found for the following: (a) ac-ceptance rates—favored European Americans over African Americans, (b) employment outcomes—favored European Americans over both African Americans and Native Americans, and (c) quality of closures—favored men over women, with age acting as an effect modifier. he 1992 amendments to the Rehabilitation Act of t 1973 acknowledged that inequitable treatment of minorities had occurred in the state-federal voca-tional rehabilitation (VR) system. Section 21 of the amendments referred to &dquo;traditionally underserved popu-lations,&dquo; which included all racial minority groups (i.e.