National report on employment services and outcomes for individuals with disabilities, Butterworth et al. (2015) show individuals with disabilities experienced higher levels of job loss during the economic recession of 2007–2009, and did not benefit from recovery efforts as much as their non-disabled counterparts.

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

* 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).

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 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

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).

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