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Employers globally are struggling to find skilled workers and to fill the skills gap. Many individuals with ASD possess or can develop the skills needed to meet the labor market demands of employers. This chapter focuses on the need to obtain and utilize labor market data to enhance outcomes for individuals with ASD. Part of this process includes identifying labor market gaps and matching them to the specific skills of individuals with ASD. Information about how labor market data may be used to enhance employment outcomes is discussed. Labor market data for the United States and a sample state and county are presented. A localized labor market report explicitly based on the skills often associated with individuals with ASD is shared. A system-wide approach for improving the workforce pipeline is detailed.
We gratefully acknowledge Dr. Wallace Walrod and Peterson Walrod for providing and analyzing the labor market data presented in this chapter.
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Hurley-Hanson, A.E., Giannantonio, C.M., Griffiths, A.J. (2020). The Labor Market Skills Gap and Autism. In: Autism in the Workplace. Palgrave Explorations in Workplace Stigma. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-29049-8_7
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