Charles R. Moseley’s research while affiliated with Syracuse University and other places

Suggests that the literature on supported employment has been concerned primarily with outcome studies of demonstration projects, the efficacy of training strategies, and the development of administrative structures and funding systems. In contrast, studies of work for nondisabled individuals have focused on job satisfaction and what the experience means to the worker and for the most part have ignored those who have disabilities. Supported employment is examined in light of the literature on the experience of work by nondisabled people, particularly the meaning of work in their lives. Worker satisfaction, the meaning of pay, the effect of the task itself, and the role of the culture of the workplace on the behavior of the workers are discussed. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2012 APA, all rights reserved)

Qualitative research methods generally depend heavily on good communication between researcher and informant. When qualitative methodologists study informants with severe retardation whose use of language may be limited, what do they do? If the researchers plan to study the world of the informant, then traditional participant observation guidelines are useful. But when the researcher wants to interview the informant, some modifications need to be made. The authors suggest several guidelines to follow.