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Community- and facility-based employment of adults with ASD who used state DD services (IMFAR 2017)

Paul Shattuck

Author(s)
Jessica Rast, Anne Roux, Kristy Anderson, Paul Shattuck

Date
5/16/2017

Topics
Employment

Type
Poster

Data Source
National Core Indicators Adult Consumer Survey 2014-2015

# Pages
1

Overview

Adults with ASD who use State Developmental Disability (DD) Services had low rates of community and facility-based paid employment. From the National Core Indicators Adult Consumer Survey 2014-15, 14% of adults with ASD had a paid job in the community in the two weeks prior to participating in the survey; 15% had a paid job in a facility-based setting; and 27% of adults with ASD had either type of paid employment, significantly lower than the 35% of all other adult DD service users. While paid employment is an ideal outcome, finding and keeping a job is hard  for many people with ASD.

Suggested Citation

Rast, Jessica, Roux, Anne M., Anderson, Kristy, Shattuck, Paul. Community- and facility-based employment of adults with ASD who used state DD services. Philadelphia, PA: Life Course Outcomes Program, A.J. Drexel Autism Institute, Drexel University, 2017.


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