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Title: STEM Career Pathways for Transition-Age Youth with Disabilities
Language: English
Authors: Chun, Jina, Zhou, Kaiqi, Rumrill, Stuart, Tittelbach, Tracy
Source: Rehabilitation Research, Policy, and Education. Mar 2023 37(1):36-48.
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Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 13
Publication Date: 2023
Sponsoring Agency: Department of Education (ED)
Contract Number: H264F15003
Document Type: Journal Articles
Reports - Research
Descriptors: STEM Education, STEM Careers, Disabilities, Youth, Employment, Individual Characteristics, Careers, Career Pathways, Individualized Transition Plans, Adolescents, Young Adults, Status, Intervention, Career Development, Knowledge Level, Ability, Job Training, Rehabilitation Programs
DOI: 10.1891/RE-22-15
ISSN: 2168-6653
2168-6661
Abstract: Background: Although there is an increasing demand for workers in STEM fields, people with disabilities are underrepresented in STEM educational programs and related occupations. Among those who achieved competitive integrated employment after serving under an Individualized Plan for Employment (IPE) by the state-federal vocational rehabilitation (VR) system, only 5.3% of individuals with disabilities were engaged in STEM jobs/careers during the years 2017-2019. Of those with an employment outcome in STEM fields, 8,348 (40.9%) were transition-age youth aged 14-24. Objective: Using Rehabilitation Service Administration (RSA-911) data for the fiscal years from 2017 to 2019, the current study investigated the characteristics of transition-age youth with disabilities aged 14-24 in the state-federal VR system that predicted employment outcomes in STEM fields. Methods: A logistic regression analysis was used to examine the associations between individual characteristics and STEM career attainment. Findings: Results illustrated that gender, race, living arrangement, and the receipt of general assistance/SSI/SSDI/TANF predicted employment outcomes in STEM fields. Conclusions: The research findings provide support for the understanding of demographic characteristics of transition-age youth with disabilities successfully closed in STEM jobs/careers after serving under an IPE. A discussion of the strategies and interventions associated with promoting career development and decisions toward the STEM field for transition-age youth with disabilities is provided.
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