Accessing employment supports in the adult system for transitioning youth with autism spectrum disorders

McDonough, Jennifer; Revell, Grant

doi:10.3233/jvr-2010-0498

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“…Specific to the physical work environment, access and provision of individualized accommodations was frequently reported (n = 66) as a major contributing factor to employment success (e.g., Feldman-Sparber, 2015). Customized workplace accommodations are most commonly facilitated by professionals working alongside the adult with ASD, both through the initial weeks of work and during the course of the job, to help in the maintenance of employment (e.g., McDonough & Revell, 2010;Westbrook et al, 2012). Pro-vision of long-and short-term workplace supports was the most frequently referenced (n = 96) environmental facilitator to employment for adults with ASD.…”

Section: Facilitators To Employmentmentioning

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Barriers and Facilitators to Employment for Adults With Autism: A Scoping Review

Harmuth¹,

Silletta²,

Bailey³

et al. 2018

Annals of International Occupational Therapy

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during an average life span (Buescher, Cidav, Knapp, & Mandell, 2014). There is very little research on the return on investment for supporting adults with ASD to work. With increased evidence of the personal and economic challenges associated with unemployment for adults with ASD (Barnhill, 2007; Hedley et al., 2016; Holwerda, van der Klink, de Boer, Groothoff, & Brouwer, 2013), it is important to understand how these adults can be supported to participate fully in meaningful activities, including work. Autism spectrum disorder is defined as "persistent deficits in social communication and social interaction across multiple contexts" (American Psychiatric Association, 2013). It is a complex neurodevelopmental disorder that

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Section: Facilitators To Employmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

Barriers and Facilitators to Employment for Adults With Autism: A Scoping Review

Harmuth¹,

Silletta²,

Bailey³

et al. 2018

Annals of International Occupational Therapy

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“…This trend of poor employment outcomes has been shown to extend to transition-age youth with disabilities. Young people with disabilities have historically had lower employment rates compared to their counterparts without disabilities (Luecking & Wittenburg, 2009;McDonough & Revell, 2010). This employment gap widens even further when looking at transitionage youth receiving Social Security Administration (SSA) benefits (Kregel, 2012;Luecking & Wittenburg, 2009).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…A number of factors, including: poverty, globalization, unemployment rate, employer attitudes, and perceived loss of benefits, contribute to the disparity in employment rates between these two groups of individuals (Baldwin, 1999;Bernell, 2000;Burkhauser, Houtenville, & Wittenburg, 2003;Switzer, 2003). Research has shown that many individuals with disabilities want to work in competitive integrated employment but may be afraid of losing public benefits as a result of increased employment activity and income (Hartman, Anderson, Chan, Fried, & Lui, 2015;Lui et al, 2010;McDonough & Revell, 2010;Tremblay, Smith, Xie, & Drake, 2006). Those receiving SSA benefits frequently do not understand how employment will change their benefits or may be unacquainted with the work incentives already built into SSA programs.…”

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The impact of work incentives benefits counseling on employment outcomes of transition-age youth receiving Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits

Schlegelmilch

Roskowski

Anderson³

et al. 2019

JVR

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BACKGROUND: Work incentive benefits counseling has been shown to be a promising practice in vocational rehabilitation and has had a demonstrated impact on positive employment outcomes for adults with disabilities (Wilhelm & McCormick 2013). OBJECTIVE: In this study, the Wisconsin Promoting the Readiness of Minors in Supplemental Security Income (PROMISE) demonstration project implemented a new model of work incentive benefits counseling targeting transition-age youth receiving Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits including their families. METHODS: PROMISE youth and families received work incentive benefits counseling through a consultative approach and impact on employment outcomes were assessed. RESULTS: Preliminary results indicate that youth who received work incentives benefits counseling (N = 535) had significantly higher work activity and explored a greater number of job opportunities, than youth who did not receive benefits counseling (N = 476). Additionally, 81% of PROMISE treatment youth with earnings above the Substantial Gainful Activity (SGA) level had met with a benefits specialist at least once. CONCLUSION: This study contributes to the growing evidence demonstrating that work incentives benefits counseling positively influences employment and earnings outcomes for low-income transition-age youth with disabilities. Youth and families preferred the consultation approach, providing information as needed and meeting families where they were at.

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“…The equivalent participation rate for adults with ADHD has been estimated at 22% (Gjervan, Torgersen, Nordahl and Rasmussen 2012). Estimates of labour force participation in the USA for people with cognitive problems are similarly low (McDonough 2010, Taylor and Seltzer 2011, Shattuck et al, 2012. Compared to other groups of job seekers with functional impairments, such as musculoskeletal afflictions and mild mental disorders, cognitively challenged young adults also face greater challenges in entering the labour market (Hansen 2009).…”

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Inclusive physical and digital spaces in vocational rehabilitation

Michelsen¹,

Slettebø²,

Moser³

2019

NJSTS

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This paper describes and discusses factors related to the working environment that promote the inclusion of job seekers with cognitive impairments. Vocational rehabilitation for job seekers with cognitive impairments is undertaken in adapted working environments. The working environment is a synthesis of the practices that are developed in the enterprise, in physical premises and digital spaces. Job seekers with cognitive impairments, for example Asperger’s syndrome and/or ADHD, have greater challenges in entering the labour market compared with other groups with impaired functional capacity (Hansen 2009). The importance of social skills, a more complex and dynamic working life and modern methods of organizing work, such as groupwork or teamwork in smaller groups with a flat structure, constitute some of the reasons for these challenges (Hawkins 2004, Attwood 2007). This paper builds on research following two adapted rehabilitation programmes for job seekers with cognitive impairments. Empirical data were collected through ethnographic/praxiographic fieldwork in enterprises offering the rehabilitation programmes (duration 24 months) (Mol 2002). The empirical material from this multiple case study is discussed using the concepts of ‘scenario’ (Callon 1987), and ‘affinity space’ (Gee 2004) from Geography and Science, Technology and Society studies (STS). The paper describes how the rehabilitation scenario in the enterprises is constructed to help participants to work on something that interests them, in a space where they can develop coping strategies and with access to technology that can enable them to find work as IT professionals in the future. Further, the study points to how development of an individually adapted and familiar digital interface, as well as access to a digital space in which the job seekers can be relatively autonomous, were crucial. The study finds that factors such as job tasks, the community of a shared diagnosis and interests, and the fact that the working environment includes physical space that can be characterized as affinity space, contribute to inclusion and the development of coping strategies.

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Accessing employment supports in the adult system for transitioning youth with autism spectrum disorders

Cited by 66 publications

References 10 publications

Barriers and Facilitators to Employment for Adults With Autism: A Scoping Review

Barriers and Facilitators to Employment for Adults With Autism: A Scoping Review

The impact of work incentives benefits counseling on employment outcomes of transition-age youth receiving Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits

Inclusive physical and digital spaces in vocational rehabilitation

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