* Adults with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are one of the few etiologically known ID groups with a specific employment estimate. 
* Approximately 25% of adults with ASD are employed. 
* No current national rates of employment specifically for adults with Down syndrome (DS).

Statics of ASD, ID and DS

Employment rates, Confirmatory factor Analysis, Chi square test and Logisitic Regression- ASD, ID, ID

Efforts to improve work participation include Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) law of 2004: 
* Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) law of 2014, policy bulletins from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), and the national movement called “Employment First.” 
         
*  Employment First is a framework focused on bringing about system-level change and places a priority on community-based, integrated employment for adults with disabilities (Department of Labor, 2016).

IDEA, WIOA, employment first framework: 

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* Employment for ID
        * Autism 
        * Down syndrome 
* Choice-making for ID

Employment and choice-making for adults with intellectual disability, autism, and down syndrome


Bush, K. L., & Tassé, M. J. (2017). Employment and choice-making for adults with intellectual disability, autism, and down syndrome. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 65, 23–34. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ridd.2017.04.004

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* The purpose of this research was to examine the current state of employment for three groups of adults with intellectual disability (ID): 

* Autism spectrum disorder (ASD)
* Down syndrome (DS)
* Idiopathic Intellectual disabilities

Aims: Employment and Choice Making for Adults with ID, ASD and DS

* Adults with DS had the highest rates of paid community jobs, but adults with ID had the highest rates of choice-making. 
* ID severity level and short-term choice-making had the greatest effects on employment status in all three groups.

Results:  Employment and Choice Making for Adults with ID, ASD, DS

Employment rates remain low despite national efforts to find jobs for people with disabilities.

Conclusions:  Employment and Choice Making for Adults with ID, ASD and DS

* Choice-making is a unique factor that was found to be associated with employment status and provides a target for interventions to increase employability. 
* Choice-making has been proposed as a predictive factor for employment for individuals with disabilities. 
* Choice-making and its relation to improved employment outcomes was explored.

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