Research: Two-Year Evaluation of a Vocational Support Program for Adults on the Autism Spectrum

Authored by Hillier, A., Campbell H., Mastriani K., Izzo MV, Kool-Tucker AK, Cherry L., and Beversdorf DQ in Career Development for Exceptional Individuals, Volume 30, Issue 1, p. 35-47, (2007).

Article summary (posted Dec 24, 2007):

Individuals with autism can be good at entry-level jobs.

This study looked to see whether a two-year job support program was able to help adults with autism. They found that the job support program increased employment rates and income for people with autism. The employers gave the workers with autism high scores for many job skills. The workers with autism said that they were happy with their jobs and agreed that their jobs were useful. The authors note that more time should be spent helping workers with autism to befriend co-workers.

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adults with autism, autism, autism spectrum disorder (ASD), employment, evaluation, job training, vocational
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