Adults with DS were most employed, followed by adults with ID, then adults with ASD. 

The closest group in the study to the integrated employment rate cited by Butterworth et al. (2015) of 18.6% in the fiscal year 2013 were adults with Down syndrome at 15.6%. 

Percent of adults in each disability group employed at different levels. Due to the mean age differences between disability groups, employment status was examined across age ranges to identify trends in employment. 



Employment rates were statistically different depending on disability group.

Bridgewater College

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


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

References

* Adults with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are one of the few etiologically known ID groups with a specific employment estimate. 
* Approximately 25% of adults with ASD are employed. 
* No current national rates of employment specifically for adults with Down syndrome (DS).

Statics of ASD, ID and DS

Employment rates, Confirmatory factor Analysis, Chi square test and Logisitic Regression- ASD, ID, ID

Efforts to improve work participation include Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) law of 2004: 
* Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) law of 2014, policy bulletins from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), and the national movement called “Employment First.” 
         
*  Employment First is a framework focused on bringing about system-level change and places a priority on community-based, integrated employment for adults with disabilities (Department of Labor, 2016).

Learn Before

Related

Learn After