Intellectual functioning and corresponding adaptive skill levels
Highly correlated with employment regardless of: 
      
 * Age
 * Behavior problems
 *  Mental illness
*  Exercising choices.

Bridgewater College

Three disability groups: 
*Lower severity levels of ID were associated with increased probability of paid community employment.
 * ID severity level also had the highest effect sizes for employment status compared to all other independent variables.

Intellectual Disabilities- Paid Community Employment and Medications


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

Intellectual Functioning & Adaptive Skill ASD, ID, DS

In a systemic review by Holwerda et al. (2012)
*  Predictors for work participation also find that IQ is consistently a significant predictor of employment for individuals with disabilities. 
* Taking medications for mental and behavioral health conditions and employment status were statistically related for all groups. increased probability of paid community employment.

 Martorell et al. (2008) found similar results: 
*  In that the presence or absence of psychiatric symptoms predicted work outcomes in adults with disabilities. Mental illness is more prevalent in adults with ID.

Note: The systematic review and researcher results are included in the article that I read.

Learn Before

Related