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Comparisons Across Time of the Outcomes of Youth With Disabilities up to 4 Years After High School (September 2010)

Publication Number: NCSER 2010-3008

Based on data from two longitudinal research studies conducted 15 years apart, NLTS2 wave 3 (2005) and NLTS wave 2 (1990), this report compares the outcomes across time of youth with disabilities who had been out of secondary school up to 4 years. The report focuses on several key domains, including: postsecondary education; employment; productive engagement in school or work; household circumstance; and social and community involvement.

• Executive Summary
• Complete Report

Chapters

• Chapter 1: Comparing the Early Adulthood of Youth With Disabilities Between 1990 and 2005: Study Background and Methods
• Chapter 2: Comparisons Across Time of the Postsecondary Education of Youth With Disabilities
• Chapter 3: Comparisons Across Time of the Employment of Out-of-High School Youth With Disabilities
• Chapter 4: Comparisons Across Time of Engagement in Postsecondary Education or Employment of Out-of-High School Youth With Disabilities
• Chapter 5: Comparisons Across Time of Household Circumstances of Youth With Disabilities
• Chapter 6: Comparisons Across Time of the Community Integration of Out-of-High School Youth With Disabilities

Suggested Citation

Newman, L., Wagner, M., Cameto, R., Knokey, A.M., & Shaver, D. (2010). Comparisons Across Time of the Outcomes of
Youth With Disabilities up to 4 Years After
High School . A Report of Findings from the National Longitudinal Transition Study-2 (NLTS2). Menlo Park, CA: SRI International. Available at www.nlts2.org/reports/2010_09/nlts2_report_2010_09_complete.pdf.