Employment and Economic Self-Sufficiency: 2015 National Goals for Research, Policy, and Practice

Author(s)

Derek K Nord PhD, Allison Barkoff, John Butterworth, Dawn Carlson, Robert Cimera, Ellen Fabian, Teresa Grossi, Allison Hall, Jonathan Lucus, Wendy Strobel Gower, Milton Tyree, Sarah Von Schrader, Allison Wohl

Description

Employment in general workforce and economic self-sufficiency continue to be the exceptions for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD), rather than the norm. Research, policy, and practice can and should play a coordinated role in solving this problem. This article summarizes the methods used and the consensus-based national goals identified to guide the direction of the field that were developed by experts in the field. A discussion of the implications of the findings is also provided, including the need for advocacy to advance the goals.

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Date

2015 

Type

Peer-Reviewed Article 

Edition

Volume 3, Number 4

Publisher

Institute on Community Integration