A person who counsels disabled individuals with respect to vocations and vocational training in order best to fit together the individual and a vocation suitable to her physical, mental, and emotional abilities.
Vocational rehabilitation is a program of services designed to enable people with disabilities to become or remain employed. Originally mandated by the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, VR programs are carried out by individually created state agencies. In order to be eligible for VR, a person must have a physical or mental disability that results in a substantial handicap to employment. VR programs typically involve evaluation of the disability and need for adaptive equipment or mobility aids, vocational guidance, training, job placement, and follow-up.