South African medical journal = Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir geneeskunde
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Results of rehabilitation of physically disabled people for employment on the open labour market over the period 1975-1985 are presented. Out of 680 eligible clients, 53% were successfully placed. When corrected for uncontrollable withdrawals and uncontrollable dismissals the success rate rises to 77% (363 of 471 clients). ⋯ The problem of adequate evaluation and screening to predict outcome reliably is discussed and the use of a modified version of the International Classification of Impairments, Disabilities and Handicaps of the World Health Organisation is advocated. Of those clients who were successfully placed, 75-80% remained in employment for more than 1 year and 55-60% for more than 2 years. On the whole, the rehabilitation process appears to lead to successful re-integration into the working community for most of the physically disabled persons admitted to the Centre.