Thursday, April 23, 2015

More Young Adults on Spectrum Unemployed and Socially Isolated. Shift to Service Sector Jobs Exacerbating.

On 21 April 2015 
From NPR Health News
By Maanvi Singh
Young Adults With Autism More Likely To Be Unemployed, Isolated


"Young adults with autism had lower employment rates and higher rates of complete social isolation than people with other disabilities"


On 21 April 2015 
From A.J. Drexel Autism Institute, Life Course Outcomes Research Program, Drexel University
By Roux, Anne M., Shattuck, Paul T., Rast, Jessica E., Rava, Julianna A., and Anderson, Kristy, A.
National Autism Indicators Report: Transition into Young Adulthood


"...There's been a historic shift in the balance of jobs in the manufacturing sector to the service sector. And those types of jobs, which require lots of social interaction, are exactly the types of jobs that people with autism have difficulty with."

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