Is to provide educational opportunities for children with disabilities to, “prepare them for further education, employment and independent living” (Individual with Disabilities Education Act, 2004).

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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).

IDEA, WIOA, employment first framework: 


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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