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Direct linkMavranezouli, Ifigeneia; Megnin-Viggars, Odette; Cheema, Nadir; Howlin, Patricia; Baron-Cohen, Simon; Pilling, Stephen – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2014
Adults with autism face high rates of unemployment. Supported employment enables individuals with autism to secure and maintain a paid job in a regular work environment. The objective of this study was to assess the cost-effectiveness of supported employment compared with standard care (day services) for adults with autism in the United Kingdom.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Cost Effectiveness, Adults, Autism
McGlinchey, Eimear; McCallion, Philip; Burke, Eilish; Carroll, Rachel; McCarron, Mary – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2013
Background: The benefits of being in employment are well documented; however, underemployment is a critical issue for people with intellectual disability (ID). Some individuals perceive themselves as being in employment when in fact they are attending a non-work site such as a day service. The impact that this perception of employment has on other…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mental Retardation, Underemployment, Day Programs
Beyer, Stephen; Brown, Tony; Akandi, Rachel; Rapley, Mark – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2010
Background: Policy objectives for people with intellectual disabilities include day service modernization and the promotion of paid employment and quality of life. Quality of life is under represented as an outcome measure in vocational research. This research compares subjective and objective quality of life, and quality of work environment for…
Descriptors: Supported Employment, Employees, Mental Retardation, Quality of Life
Gitlin, Laura N.; Reever, Karen; Dennis, Marie P.; Mathieu, Esther; Hauck, Walter W. – Gerontologist, 2006
Purpose: This study examined the short- and long-term effects of Adult Day Services Plus (ADS Plus), a low-cost care management intervention designed to enhance family caregiver well-being, increase service utilization, and decrease nursing home placement of impaired older adults enrolled in adult day care. Design and Methods: We used a…
Descriptors: Intervention, Caregivers, Social Work, Referral
