Employment rates remain low despite national efforts to find jobs for people with disabilities.

Bridgewater College

* Employment for ID
        * Autism 
        * Down syndrome 
* Choice-making for ID

Employment and choice-making for adults with intellectual disability, autism, and down syndrome


Bush, K. L., & Tassé, M. J. (2017). Employment and choice-making for adults with intellectual disability, autism, and down syndrome. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 65, 23–34. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ridd.2017.04.004

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* The purpose of this research was to examine the current state of employment for three groups of adults with intellectual disability (ID): 

* Autism spectrum disorder (ASD)
* Down syndrome (DS)
* Idiopathic Intellectual disabilities

Aims: Employment and Choice Making for Adults with ID, ASD and DS

* Adults with DS had the highest rates of paid community jobs, but adults with ID had the highest rates of choice-making. 
* ID severity level and short-term choice-making had the greatest effects on employment status in all three groups.

Results:  Employment and Choice Making for Adults with ID, ASD, DS

Conclusions:  Employment and Choice Making for Adults with ID, ASD and DS

 National report on employment services and outcomes for individuals with disabilities and statistics

* Choice-making is a unique factor that was found to be associated with employment status and provides a target for interventions to increase employability. 
* Choice-making has been proposed as a predictive factor for employment for individuals with disabilities. 
* Choice-making and its relation to improved employment outcomes was explored.

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