Helping Young Adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Find Employment: What Do Parents Want to Know?

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If you've moved from fighting for school inclusion for your child with intellectual and developmental disabilities to fighting for workplace inclusion, tell me what kind of resource you wish existed and what you'd find useful. I'd like to put together something to help my kids and yours, and this is sort of an exploratory beginning.—Terri Mauro, motherswithattitude.com

What would you like to see on a site/resource for parents about employment for young adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities?

Tips from other parents

Tips from employment professionals

Tips from employers

Interviews with employers

Interviews with employment professionals

Message board for parents to communicate with each other

Database of places where users' kids have successfully found employment

Database of places where users' kids have been unsuccessful in finding employment

Database of places where users' kids have been hired but not accommodated and lost the job

Information on getting government help with employment

Information on private job services for people with disabilities

Job listings

Coordination of efforts to advocate for better opportunities

Other:

If you are interested in interviews with employers and employment professionals, how would you like them presented?

Blog posts

Podcast episodes

Both

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What level of involvement would you like to have with such a site? (Theoretical, no commitment)

Visiting and getting information

Sharing information from my family's experience

Sharing professional experience

Helping plan and execute site content

Providing technical assistance

Other:

Share a little, if you like, about your young person's current employment situation.

What have been your biggest successes in employment-seeking for your young person?

What have been your biggest failures and frustrations?

If you'd like to get in touch to discuss this possible site/resource, leave your e-mail or other contact info here.

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