1918

Congress passes Vocational Rehabilitation Act, providing extensive physical treatment and vocational training for all disabled ex-servicemen. The act also institutionalized a division between physical reconstruction and vocational rehabilitation although, in practice, it was often unclear when one phase ended and the other began. In 1921, newly formed U.S. Veterans’ Bureau took over administration of the act and established 48 all-veteran vocational schools (Kinder, 124-125).