Employment outcomes of transition-aged adults with autism spectrum disorders: A state of the states report

American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 64-83

  Burgess, Sloane ^a   Cimera, Robert E ^a  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism spectrum disorders; Employment outcomes; Transition aged; Vocational rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; EMPLOYMENT; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; SALARY AND FRINGE BENEFIT; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PREVALENCE; REHABILITATION, VOCATIONAL; SALARIES AND FRINGE BENEFITS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84893086676     PISSN: 19447515     EISSN: 19447558     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1352/1944-7558-119.1.64     Document Type: Article

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