Under federal and state laws the term "vocational rehabilitation" and the term "rehabilitation services" mean any procedures and services necessary to render a disabled person fit to engage in a remunerative civil occupation. In an analysis of this definition there are three important elements to consider:
The disabled person. Any one who has a physical or a mental impairment which is an employment handicap in that it affects his ability to obtain or return to employment on an equal basis with normal persons is a disabled person.
The rehabilitation services. These include any aids necessary to prepare a disabled person for employment.
The remunerative occupation. Such an occupation is one in which the monetary return is commensurate with the work involved.
Therefore, it may be said that vocational rehabilitation is a public service provided under joint state-federal control to aid disabled men and women to maintain the dignity of