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Brief Report: What Happens After School? Exploring Post-school Outcomes for a Group of Autistic and Non-autistic Australian Youth

Auteurs: Rebecca L. Flower, Amanda L. Richdale, Lauren P. Lawson

Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders | Uitgave 4/2021

Abstract

Young autistic Australians are less likely to attend higher education and have lower employment rates than non-autistic Australians (in: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Survey of disability, ageing and carers Australia: Summary of Findings 2018. Australian Bureau of Statistics, Canberra, 2019a). Few studies have examined post-school outcomes among this population. Using data from the first phase of a national longitudinal study including autistic (n = 79) and non-autistic (n = 107) 17–25-year olds, we found young autistic adults were (a) less likely to be employed, (b) more likely to attend technical and further education (TAFE) than university, (c) more likely to enrol in higher education on a part-time basis and (d) less likely to be engaged in both higher education and employment, than their non-autistic peers. Findings highlight a need to understand post-school trajectories of young autistic adults.

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While we recognise that male and female are not the only two genders one may identify with, the first phase of the current study included only binary options. This has been rectified in follow up phases of the longitudinal study.

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The AQ-short is not a diagnostic tool, and hence individuals were not classified into groups/excluded from self-reported group membership as a result of their AQ score.

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Titel: Brief Report: What Happens After School? Exploring Post-school Outcomes for a Group of Autistic and Non-autistic Australian Youth
Auteurs: Rebecca L. Flower
Amanda L. Richdale
Lauren P. Lawson
Publicatiedatum: 13-07-2020
Uitgeverij: Springer US
Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders / Uitgave 4/2021
Print ISSN: 0162-3257
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-3432
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-020-04600-6

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