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Issue title: Emerging Issues Regarding Employment and Career Development of Americans with Disabilities
Guest editors: Fong Chan and Phillip D. Rumrill
Article type: Research Article
Authors: Kaya, Cahita; f; * | Chan, Fongb | Rumrill, Phillipc | Hartman, Ellied | Wehman, Paule | Iwanaga, Kanakob | Pai, Chia-Huig | Avellone, Laurenc
Affiliations: [a] Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA, USA | [b] University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA | [c] Kent State University, Kent, OH, USA | [d] University of Wisconsin-Stout, Menomonie, WI, USA | [e] Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA | [f] Department of Rehabilitation and Disability Studies, Southern University, Baton Rouge, LA, USA | [g] Association for Positive Behavior Support, Changhua County, Taiwan
Correspondence: [*] Address for correspondence: Cahit Kaya, Assistant Professor, Department of Rehabilitation and Disability Studies, Southern University, Baton Rouge, LA 70813, USA. E-mail: rehber.cahit@gmail.com.
Abstract: OBJECTIVE: This study investigated the extent to which demographic characteristics, Social Security disability benefits, and vocational rehabilitation (VR) services influence competitive employment outcomes for transition-age youth with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). METHODS: The Rehabilitation Services Administration’s Case Service Reports (RSA-911) database for Fiscal Year 2011 was examined using a purposeful selection multivariate logistic regression analysis. RESULTS: Results indicated that participants who received on-the-job support, job placement services, rehabilitation technology, occupational/vocational training, other services, job search assistance, vocational counseling and guidance, and job readiness training from the state-federal VR program were significantly more likely to achieve competitive employment than were participants who did not receive those services. In addition, higher levels of educational attainment, receiving a greater number of VR services, and not receiving Social Security disability benefits were positively associated with competitive employment outcomes. In contrast to findings reported in other studies of VR participants with ASD, gender was not associated with competitive employment outcomes. CONCLUSION: Overall, the number and type of VR services had more influence on competitive employment than did demographic variables or Social Security disability benefits.
Keywords: Autism spectrum disorder (ASD), vocational rehabilitation (VR), transition-age youth
DOI: 10.3233/JVR-160812
Journal: Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation, vol. 45, no. 1, pp. 73-83, 2016
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