Audio Version – 3-Minute Listen Research SummaryAt-a-GlanceResearchers reviewed RSA-911 data to provide vocational rehabilitation (VR) administrators and staff a baseline understanding of how VR agencies nationwide provide preemployment transition services …
Do Youth with Disabilities and their Parents Have the Same Postsecondary Expectations?
Audio Version – 4 minute listen Research SummaryAt-a-GlanceOne of the goals of vocational rehabilitation is to assist youth with disabilities during their transition from school to adult life. Research has …
Employer Perspectives on Disability Inclusion
Audio Version – 4 minute listen Research SummaryAt-a-GlanceFewer than one in five people with a disability receive accommodations in the workplace, and many people with disabilities are unprepared to disclose …
To Disclose or Not to Disclose? Supporting Job-Seekers and Employees
Audio Version – 3-Minute Listen Research SummaryAt-a-GlanceResearchers analyzed the decisions made by people with multiple sclerosis to disclose or not to disclose their disability to an employer and explored what …
Hiring Individuals with ASD: Employers’ Perspectives
Audio Version – 3-Minute Listen Research SummaryAt-a-GlanceTo learn employers’ perspectives on hiring individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), researchers surveyed and interviewed employers in a variety of industries who participated …
Easing Transition for Foster Youth with Disabilities
Research SummaryAt-a-GlanceThe transition from youth to adulthood is difficult for youth in the foster care system, and even more so for youth with diagnosed disabilities. They are often unaware of …
Free Webcast: An Overview of Social Security Benefits for Transition Age Youth
Transition-age youth with disabilities can work and still get Social Security benefits. Rehabilitation counselors, teachers, and community service providers can help dispel youth and family fears around losing benefits by …
Mental Health Caregivers on Community Inclusion
Up to 8.4 million Americans provide unpaid care to adults with emotional or mental health issues, according to The National Alliance on Caregiving. Caregivers are often family or people closest …