When young people with disabilities end up in the juvenile justice system, they're less likely to end up back in youth prisons after a sentence if they have jobs or go to school quickly after being released, a new paper finds. Read Full Post >
Six years after high school, students with disabilities are less likely to have gone on to postsecondary schools than their classmates without disabilities, less likely to have financial independence, but a little more likely to have children, according to a new study. Read Full Post >
Some of the new faces at the Department of Education are DC public school students with developmental disabilities. Read Full Post >
A long-term study of youth with disabilities shows more students continuing education past high school, but job prospects appear to be stagnant. Read Full Post >
The program offers personal attention as well as training in basic life skills and exposure to college classes. Read Full Post >
Rachael Dorman, a youth policy adviser in the Labor Department's office of disability employment policy, is featured this week in the The Washington Post as "federal player of the week." The paper Monday ran an interesting profile of Dorman, who is legally blind, and her work promoting government ... Read Full Post >
The site highlights projects and initiatives that seek to improve employment outcomes for people with disabilities. Read Full Post >
Two experts answered reader questions. Read Full Post >
When I was working on my story about transition for students with disabilities, I wondered what role the sputtering economy might play in efforts to find good jobs for adults who may be looking for vocational employment. According to this article in the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, the picture does... Read Full Post >
The blog Disability Scoop is featuring a question-and-answer session with a New York-based transition coordinator. I was interested in her answer to this question about people with cognitive disabilities and support after high school: ....do not leave school before you must. If you have not comple... Read Full Post >
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