The Rehabilitation Act Amendments of 1992 mandate that state and federal public vocational rehabilitation extend efforts to further include “traditionally underserved” populations. Section 2 1 of the Rehabilitation Act Amendments specifies the Asian Pacific American population as an “underserved group, and other data indicate that they are the fastest growing minority population in the United States. Yet, current data related to rehabilitation and disability at the national level are unavailable for Asian Pacific Americans. This article uses data taken from the Hawaii vocational rehabilitation program to illustrate the need for Asian Pacific American data to be reported, not only in aggregate form, but also for each ethnic group within the aggregate. It proposes a policy change for the way data are gathered and collected for the Asian Pacific American population.
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