
is to prepare individuals for future community employment. 
the literature has shown that this is not always accomplished.
significant barriers exist in transitioning from facility-based to community-based employment

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Significant barriers continue to be the financial incentives to earn a lower wage to qualify for benefits such as Medicaid or Social Security Income. This was included in the article by the author of the article. (SSI; Butterworth et al., 2015; Nord, Luecking, Mank, Kiernan,&Wray, 2013).


Significant barrier- ASD ,  ID, DS.


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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Goal of Facility-Based Work: ASD, ID, DS

* Individuals with DS worked fewer hours in the community than those with ID. In paid facility jobs individuals with DS were paid a lower hourly wage than individuals with ID. 

* More research is needed to better understand why adults with DS work fewer hours in facility-based work programs and earn lower hourly wages in the community. 

In a Research Study: 
* Rates of paid facility work continue to overshadow rates of community paid jobs. 
* This finding is troubling, since community employment is often the goal for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

Research Study Rates of Paid Facility work

In their national report on employment services and outcomes,
* Butterworth et al. (2015) found that employment for individuals with disabilities receiving SSI reached a 20-year low in 2013 (4.3%). This was included in the article by the author of the article

* SSI recipients with ID did not use work incentive programs, such as Ticket-to-Work and Plans for Achieving Self-Support, as frequently as adults with other disabilities (Butterworth et al., 2015). This was included in the article by the author of the article

National Report: Significant Barrier - ASD, DS, DS

* Rates of paid employment in the community and facility settings were greater for individuals with DS than either individuals with ID and ASD. 
* NLTS-2 data found a similar trend, where individuals with ASD experienced lower rates of paid work following high school compared to individuals with other disabilities (Roux et al., 2013).  This was included in the article by the author of the article

Rates of Paid Employment - ASD, ID, DS

The three research groups: 
* Autism 
* Intellectual disabilities 
* Down Syndrome 


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