Employment and vocational rehabilitation services are available.
Key points
- Neurodiverse students and those with LDs might prefer to enter the job force after high school.
- The Vocational Rehabilitation Act offers vocational training, job opportunities, and rehabilitation services.
- Vocational rehabilitation services, which are located in every state, can help eradicate employment barriers.
This post was co-authored by Dr. Miranda Melcher.
Neurodiverse students and those with learning disorders might prefer to enter the job force following high school. Despite the fact that these individuals have the potential to work in occupations of their choosing, multiple factors can lead to unemployment or underemployment. Lynn Koch (2020) suggests that long-term exposure to the negative attitudes and actions of others (e.g., stigmatization, prejudice, bullying, teasing) can result in a restriction of early social and vocational experiences, career decision-making difficulties, negative self-appraisals, and poor worker self-concepts, exacerbating the problem.