Live.WORK.Achieve
A Listserv for the Mississippi Partnerships for Employment
for Youth and Young Adults with Developmental Disabilities
Including Intellectual Disabilities Project
February 2014
Welcome to Live.WORK.Achieve, a monthly e-newsletter targeting anyone interested in and supportive of employment for youth and young adults with intellectual/developmental disabilities. Live.WORK.Achieve is offered through the Institute for Disability Studies in collaboration with the Mississippi Council on Developmental Disabilities and Disability Rights Mississippi and includes resources and information on employment and career development.
Inside this edition:
1) Learning and Working During the Transition to Adulthood
2) New Data Note Fact Sheet Examines Youth Employment Rates
3) ODEP Publishes New Study on Health Care Transition and Employment
4) RespectAbility Nationwide Poll
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1) Learning and Working During the Transition to Adulthood
Transitions RTC is a national effort aiming to improve the supports for youth and young adults ages 14 to 30 with serious mental health conditions who are trying to successfully complete their schooling and training and move into rewarding work lives. The Transitions website provides reports, articles and helpful tip sheets such as Applying for a Job: The Young Adult’s Guide or How to Keep a Job: The Young Adult’s Guide. For more information, visit http://labs.umassmed.edu/transitionsRTC/index.htm#sthash.0rdH7IBG.dpbs.
2) New Data Note Fact Sheet Examines Youth Employment Rates
“Engaging in employment at a young age is critical for workplace participation later in adulthood.” The most recent Data Notes fact sheet published by the Institute for Community Inclusion compares the employment rates of young adults with cognitive disabilities with the employment rates of their peers without disabilities using data from the 2004-2011 Census Bureau Community Survey. To view the fact sheet and additional state data, visit http://statedata.info/datanotes/datanote.php?article_id=374.
3) ODEP Publishes New Study on Health Care Transition and Employment
In 2012, the Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP) commissioned a study to better understand the relationship between disability (including chronic health conditions), health and wellness, and transition and employment outcomes for youth with disabilities. Because the ability to manage one's health is critical for attending school, learning, and transitioning into employment, the study examined the role that health care providers play in establishing employment expectations. Despite the growing recognition of the importance of health care transition as youth move from school to work and independent living within the health care community, the study revealed that youth with chronic health conditions and other disabilities face a number of challenges in accessing health care transition services. To learn more, view the full policy brief at http://www.dol.gov/odep/pdf/2013ODEPHealthyReport.pdf.
4) RespectAbility Nationwide Poll
This national survey addresses perspectives on employment including attitudes of employers, value of work over benefits by people with disabilities, contributions of government and school. Its intent is to shape federal and state policy and contribute to the national dialogue and priority setting for employment. Between Nov. 6 and Dec. 2, 2013, there were 3,839 respondents to the survey which included 1,969 people with disabilities. The survey discovered 3 out of 4 people with disabilities surveyed value a job and independence over government benefits. The survey also discovered that while young people with disabilities are more confident, less than half of those looking for work have access to quality training programs, career counseling and professional resources needed to help with a job search. For more information from the survey, visit http://www.scribd.com/doc/198419978/20140110-Final-Poll-Slides?goback=%2Egde_1803718_member_5830028873097568257#%21.
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