The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) requires that schools assist students with disabilities to develop independent living skills and abilities essential to succeed in most of their life's endeavors. According to the law, each student with a disability must have an individualized education program (IEP), and the IEP must address transition services. Transition planning is required in the IEP for students by age 16; many students begin this planning at age 14 or earlier so that they have the time to build skills they will need as adults. This second factsheet in the IDEA Factsheet series discusses students with disabilities in career and technical education (CTE). Evidence shows that IDEA students benefit from CTE in terms of school completion and successful postsecondary life. Through CTE programs, students with disabilities can develop independent living skills, including personal skills, workplace skills, and people skills. This factsheet uses five key indicators to illustrate how students with disabilities (i.e. IDEA students or students with special needs who have IEPs under the IDEA law) can benefit from CTE programs.