Milford chronicle., 1949-09-30
Location OF Disabled
Folk Is Being Sought
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! of this Committee are: Professor
Raymond w. Helm, Director, Della
ware State Vocational Education |
and Executive Officer, Vocational
Rehabilitation Division, Chairman;
John P. Benson, Veterans Employ
I, ment Officer; Thomas Egan,, .Serv-
! ice Officer, American Legion; Phil
lip, F, Guerke, Secretary Manufac-
ts.res Section, Chamber of Com
! merce; James B. King, Service /
Officer, Disabled American Veter-
ans. John G. King, Director, Vo-
cational Rehabilitation Division;
! Walter Moran, Counselor, Delaware
Commission for the Blind; Edward /
A. Mulrooney, Veterans Counselor,
Delaware State Employment Serv-
ices; Joseph j. Scannell, Manager,
Delaware State Employment Serv-
ice; William B. Steele, Special
Service Officer, Veterans Admins
tration, Leo A. Waters, Counselor,
Vocational Rehabilitation Division
and Herbert o. Willis, Service Off
Ger, Veterans of Foreign Wars.
1t is the purpose of the State
Committee to acquaint the public,
through the media of the press and
radio, with the many facilities
which the State of Delaware has
already set up, for the preparation
J, of handicapped persons, for en-
plOyment and the actual assistance
in obtaining employment In a re-
cent interview with Mr. John G.
King, Director of the Delaware Vo-
cational Rehabilitation !. Division,
Mr.. King emphasized the fact that
when physically disabled persons
are prepared for q job which they
can do as we'll as anyone else,
they cease to be vocationally handi-
capped. And, when placed in the
: proper job these persons are just
as capable, just as efficient and
just as high in actual production
as the non-handicapped group. For
authority on this statement, Mr..
King referred to National statistics
taken during the war period when
production was at its highest l0y-
ell The Vocational Rehabilitation
Division renders many services in
preparing physically handicapped
persons for suitable employment
!. These services include medical and
Z psychological diagnosis, vocational
counseling and guidance, medical
and surgical treatment, psychia.
trio treatment, physical and occu-
~ ftA, f.x.ts fe,I
ances (such as artificial limbs, ar
tificial eyes, etc., disqualification
+ employment training (on-the-job
tutorial or in school or college,
necessary maintenance and trans
portation for physical restoration
or training, tools and equipmen
:, necessary for a persons job, occu
pational licenses and finally as
sistance in placement into the job
The above preparation services ar
also available through the Veter
ans Administration for Veteran
with service-cOnnected disabilities
1t can be readily seen that no ply
sically handicapped person in th
State of Delaware who needs an
desires employment has to be with
out employment, for there are pro
per facilities available to assis
8 everyone, including the housewif
with their problems. Professo
Helm, Chairman of the Committe,
has stated that the purpose of tn
NATIONAL EMPLOY THE PHYSl
CALLYr HANDICAPPED WEEK
to enlighten persons on the subjet
OF the physically handicapped s
that the handicapped group can al
ply for the many services avail
/, able, so that other persons KNOWN
handicapped person can refer h
name to the Vocational Rehabil
tation Division, IL Concord Aye
il W1lm., Del, or to any office of IL
g Delaware State Employment Ser
I. Ice and to enlist the services of a
business and professional person
Q in getting the handicapped grol
together with these many State al
= Federal agencies. 1t is a particul;
effort to bring to the attention
all employers, regardless of he
large or small their staffs may b
the knowledge that handicapp
persons who are ready for emplo
ment do not ask for charity or ;
easy" job, but merely equal CO
sideration for the jobs which tn
can do. Furthermore, the handica
ped worker does not want to
considered in any other light. /
merely wants to be employed in
job for which he is suited. And
when given the opportunity,
fails, he expects to be treated as t
! employer would treat anyone ell.
The State Committee is asking t
all employers give special consi
GRAFTON to the handicapped worke
not only this week, but for ali
weeks of the year.
Professor r. w. Helm has
ceived many letters of endorseme
from United States Senator 10
]. Williams, u S. Senator ]. All
Frear, Congressman j. Caleb Bog
Chambers of Commerce and vet,