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Study on Education and Employment of Disabled Young People



This study was published by The Joseph Rowntree Foundation(JRF) which is one
of the largest social policy research and development charities in the UK
seeking to better understand the causes of social difficulties and explore
ways of overcoming them.



The education and employment of disabled young people developing positive
aspirations is a key factor in securing good educational and occupational
outcomes, and an important component of autonomy.



Disabled young people have not always been encouraged to see themselves as
having a valuable role in adult society. Previous research on a sample of
young people born in 1958 reported that the proportion of disabled
youngsters aspiring to semi-skilled and unskilled jobs was six times that of
non-disabled youngsters with those aspirations (A Walker, 1982, Unqualified
and underemployed: handicapped young people and the labour market,
Macmillan).



This study asked whether the gap between disabled and non-disabled young
people's aspirations, and the even larger gap in their subsequent
attainment, has persisted for those born more recently. The research
analysed data from cohort studies of children born in 1970 and in the early
1980s.



This study, by Tania Burchardt of the London School of Economics, compared
the aspirations of young disabled and non-disabled people, and examined the
extent to which those aspirations were achieved.



The study concluded that poverty of aspiration is not the main barrier for
young people with physical or sensory impairments. Rather than advice and
encouragement, the main effort should focus on transforming the
actualopportunities available to disabled young people



For further information and to download the study :
<http://www.jrf.org.uk/knowledge/findings/socialpolicy/0565.asp>
http://www.jrf.org.uk/knowledge/findings/socialpolicy/0565.asp





SOURCE: european disability forum

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