Welfare Reform on the Web (April 2000): Mental Health Services - Overseas

SUPPORTED EMPLOYMENT AS A PARADIGM SHIFT AND A CAUSE OF LEGITIMATION CRISIS

T. Saloviita

Disability and Society, vol. 15, 2000, p.87-98

Article looks at the introduction of supported employment projects for learning disabled people in Finland following its accession to the EU. Once EU funding ceased, the projects began to fall apart. Existing services in the learning disability field had no interest in redirecting resources to supported employment, and there was no demand from the client side either.