Postsecondary education and employment among youth with an autism spectrum disorder

Pediatrics

Volumn 129, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1042-1049

  Shattuck, Paul T ^a   Narendorf, Sarah Carter ^a   Cooper, Benjamin ^a   Sterzing, Paul R ^a   Wagner, Mary ^b   Taylor, Julie Lounds ^c  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b SRI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Autism; Education; Employment; Young adult

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; INCOME; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LEARNING DISORDER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPEECH DISORDER; VOCATIONAL EDUCATION;

CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; UNIVERSITIES; VOCATIONAL EDUCATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861887500     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2011-2864     Document Type: Article

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