Transition from school for youths with a disability: Issues and challenges

S Winn, I Hay - Disability & Society, 2009 - Taylor & Francis
Australian research has demonstrated that students with a disability are more likely to
remain out of the full‐time workforce. These research findings have been the catalyst for a …

The transition to employment: the perspectives of students and graduates with disabilities

C Nolan, CI Gleeson - Scandinavian Journal of Disability …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Education and employment are basic human rights and during the past decade in Ireland,
the number of students with disabilities progressing through universities has dramatically …

Focus on practice: Parent and teacher perceptions of individualised transition planning

G Goupil, MJ Tassé, N Garcin… - British Journal of Special …, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
This article presents the results from a pilot study of individualised transition planning (from
school to adulthood) for students with learning disabilities in Québec, Canada, an area in …

Views of professionals on aims and outcomes of transition for young people with learning disabilities

A Kaehne, S Beyer - British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Accessible summary Leaving school can be difficult for many young people with learning
disabilities. We wanted to know how teachers and support workers work together to make …

[图书][B] The education and employment of disabled young people: frustrated ambition

T Burchardt - 2005 - books.google.com
Improving educational attainment and raising employment rates among disadvantaged
groups are key targets for the current government. This report shows that for one important …

A longitudinal study of employment and skill acquisition among individuals with developmental disabilities

DL Stephens, MD Collins, RA Dodder - Research in developmental …, 2005 - Elsevier
Recent legislation, especially the Americans with Disabilities Act in 1990, generated the
closure of institutions for people with disabilities and inclusion into community residences …

Lived experience and the social model of disability: conflicted and inter‐dependent ambitions for employment of people with a learning disability and their family …

A Giri, J Aylott, P Giri… - British Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Accessible Summary In the UK very few people with learning disability and/or autism and
their family‐carers have a paid job although a lot of them may wish to work. National plans …

Career guidance for persons with disabilities

S Soresi, L Nota, L Ferrari, VS Solberg - International handbook of career …, 2008 - Springer
In the last ten years important theoretical and applicative changes have taken place in the
disability field that also have significant consequences for school-career guidance …

Leaving special school: the next step and future aspirations

W Mitchell - Disability & Society, 1999 - Taylor & Francis
One of the most important changes within the life-course is the movement from'childhood'to'
adulthood'. This takes place through many different dimensions of experience, for example …

Workforce participation barriers for people with disability

A Hogan, SM Kyaw-Myint, D Harris… - International Journal of …, 2012 - cambridge.org
Access to meaningful and equitably paid work is an ongoing issue facing people with
disabilities across the world. This article is concerned with the nature and extent of …