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This report examines how the two global mega-trends of population ageing and rising inequalities have been developing and interacting, both within and across generations. Taking a life-course perspective the report shows how inequalities in education, health, employment and earnings compound, resulting in large differences in lifetime earnings…
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Trend Analysis, Equal Education, Health
Nota, Laura; Soresi, S. – Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 2009
Background: The literature places special focus on the quality of life (QoL) of individuals with disability and on their self-determination and social and work participation. The field of vocational guidance also considers the satisfaction these individuals experience concerning their future crucial to their QoL. At the same time, however, persons…
Descriptors: Quality of Life, Attitudes toward Disabilities, Disabilities, Teacher Attitudes
Peer reviewedLove, Laura L.; Malian, Ida M. – Remedial and Special Education, 1997
A study, based on techniques developed at the University of Oregon, explored the impact of special education on the education and postschool outcomes of 528 students with disabilities who had exited from special education services in Arizona. The majority were working full time and earning an average of $5.00 an hour in jobs that relatives or…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Disabilities, Education Work Relationship, Employment Experience
Download full textWagner, Mary; And Others – 1992
This study, part of the National Longitudinal Transition Study of Special Education Students, compares the postschool experiences of a group of almost 2,000 youth (those who were already out of secondary school in 1987) when they had been out of school less than 2 years with their accomplishments 3 years later. Chapters in the report have the…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Dropouts, Education Work Relationship, Employment Patterns
Edgar, Eugene – 1995
This final report summarizes findings of the First Decade Project, which examined factors related to the successful transition from school to adult life for youth with disabilities. Subjects were two cohorts of graduates from 1985 and 1990, including all special education graduates (N=488) and randomly selected nondisabled graduates (N=610) from…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Case Studies, College Attendance, Disabilities
Hotchkiss, Julie L. – 2003
This book provides a comprehensive analysis of the recent labor market experience of American workers with disabilities and an assessment of the impact the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) has had on that experience. Since one intention of the ADA is to break down barriers to employment for the disabled, the analyses focus on labor demand…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Disabilities, Disability Discrimination, Employer Employee Relationship
