Answering Your Questions
What is an employment barrier?
An employment barrier is defined as an impairment that interferes
with the
- Physical Disability (of the body).
- Cognitive Disability (of thinking).
- Learning Disability (trouble learning).
- Developmental Disability (of the intellect).
- Psychiatric Disability (of the brain).
- Attention Deficit Disorders (trouble focusing on one task).
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorders (trouble focusing on one task and trouble staying calm).
- Anxiety Disorders (trouble with strong, stressful and worrisome feelings).
Job Quest also helps people who have:
- Difficulty expressing themselves, communicating with others, reading or writing, following instructions, completing tasks, solving problems and/or multi-tasking (doing more than one thing at a time).
- Chronic stress, anxiety and / or depression.
- Chronic pain or illness.
- Visual, hearing or other physical impairments.
- Need extra time to do a good job.