title: Support system for the professional integration of people with disability into the labour market.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Successful cases of professional reintegration were achieved when adequate conditions were created for the adaptation of the worker with disability to the working environment and to the professional activity, allowing them to carry out all their functions without any restriction. In this sense, this paper presents a methodology for professional integration of people with disability in service companies and industry. It has as results a matrix of analysis of a set of observables for the reintegration of people with disability into the labour market, as well as an auxiliary tool for those who work in recruitment of personnel.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  The main objective was to develop a tool (i.e., a software) based on the crossing of data obtained from the analysis of the individual capacities and the requirements of the job to optimise the relationship between worker and the workplace. There was also considered a series of strategies which can be adopted by the individuals and the possible adaptations in the workplace, as a way to reduce the handicap in the accomplishment of different activities.
  
  
  METHODS
  The methodology for the development of this study is divided in two phases: Phase I, destined to the assessment criteria and classification of the indispensable functional characteristics of the individuals; Phase II, related to the assessment criteria of the jobs and the functions that have to be performed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  As a result it was developed an evaluation tool to match the individuals' capabilities and the job requirements. A software was created to support the evaluation and to help professionals during the assessment.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This methodology together with the support tool demonstrated to be a quite inclusive tool, as it considers, as a matter of priority, the capacities of the individuals and the real necessities of the workplaces.
authors.affiliation: Communication and Arts Department, Beira Interior University, Covilhã, Portugal.
authors.forename: Ernesto
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Filgueiras
authors.affiliation: Centre for Architecture, Urban Planning and Design (CIAUD), Lisboa, Portugal.
authors.forename: Elisângela
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Vilar
authors.affiliation: Centre for Architecture, Urban Planning and Design (CIAUD), Lisboa, Portugal Ergonomics Laboratory, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal.
authors.forename: Francisco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Rebelo
mesh_terms: D006233:Persons with Disabilities; D004651:Employment; D006801:Humans; D007587:Job Description; D010560:Personnel Selection / Q000379:methods*; D012984:Software; D014938:Work Capacity Evaluation; D017132:Workplace
keywords: Professional integration; inclusive methodology; individual capacities; job requirements; workers with disability