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JOURNAL OF AUTISM AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS
Volume 50, Issue 11, Pages 4209-4217Publisher
SPRINGER/PLENUM PUBLISHERS
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-020-04537-w
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Autism spectrum disorder (ASD); Employment; Rehabilitation; Competitive employment; Vocational habilitation; Employer outcomes
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A small but growing body of research has been conducted on vocational outcomes for adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD); however, limited resources have been directed towards understanding outcomes for competitive employers. While ASD does present with a range of social communication and adaptive behavior deficits, adults on the spectrum may be extremely efficient, trustworthy, reliable, and cost-effective employees. Nevertheless, fewer than half of young adults with ASD maintain a job. Many businesses are unwilling to hire these capable candidates, concerned among other things about an increase in supervision costs and a decrease in productivity. This is a bias based on misperceptions; the financial and social benefits of hiring adults with ASD, for businesses and the individual, often outweigh the costs.
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