Journal article
Transition to Adulthood: Employment, Education, and Disengagement in Individuals With Autism Spectrum Disorders
Emerging adulthood (Thousand Oaks, CA), v 3(1), pp 37-45
01 Feb 2015
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Abstract
Relatively little is known about the pathways youth with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) take in the transition to adulthood in terms of employment and postsecondary education (PSE). Applying life course sequence analysis to a nationally representative sample of youth with ASDs (N = 120), this study clustered various longitudinal sequences into three typical transition groups in the 6 years after high school exit: primarily focused on PSE (57.4%), continuously or increasingly disengaged (i. e., not employed nor in PSE, 29.0%), and primarily focused on employment (13.6%). All three groups experienced unique struggles in the transition to adulthood. We found variations in disproportionate transition patterns by gender, family income, functional cognitive skills, and conversational skills. Policy implications are discussed.
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- Title
- Transition to Adulthood: Employment, Education, and Disengagement in Individuals With Autism Spectrum Disorders
- Creators
- Xin Wei - SRI InternationalMary Wagner - SRI InternationalLaura Hudson - SRI InternationalJennifer W. Yu - SRI InternationalPaul Shattuck - Drexel University
- Publication Details
- Emerging adulthood (Thousand Oaks, CA), v 3(1), pp 37-45
- Publisher
- Sage
- Number of pages
- 9
- Grant note
- HRD-1130088 / National Science Foundation; National Science Foundation (NSF) R324A120012 / SRI International from the Institute of Education Sciences R01 MH086489 / Autism Speaks and the National Institute of Mental Health
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- A.J. Drexel Autism Institute
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000409586900004
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-84920948535
- Other Identifier
- 991019167725904721
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- Collaboration types
- Domestic collaboration
- Web of Science research areas
- Family Studies
- Psychology, Developmental
- Psychology, Social