SchaferAutismReport: Job Market Tough For Young Adults With Autism

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RESOURCESJob Market Tough For Young Adults With Autism

By Gardner HealthDay News More children are being diagnosed with autism than ever before and now many of these children are graduating from high school and entering, or at least trying to enter, the workforce. Unfortunately, this critical crossroads is precisely the time that supportive services for this

population tend to peter out. "What we're seeing now is this group of adults with the autism diagnosis who have been more empowered and supported than ever before, but they're leaving behind the school structure and special-ed structure," said Standifer, a clinical associate professor at the University of Missouri's School of Health Professions. "The system of adult disability support is very different, so they're having trouble figuring out and making that transition. The world of work is not the same as the world of school." The result? People with autism have higher rates of unemployment and, when they do work, tend to earn less. According to a fact sheet compiled by Standifer based on data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and other sources, less than one-third of people with a disability aged 16 to 65 were working in 2010, compared

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