title: What happens after graduation? Outcomes, employment, and recommendations of recent junior/community college graduates with and without disabilities.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The objective was to compare employment status of junior/community college graduates with and without disabilities.
  
  
  METHODS
  We compared post-graduation outcomes of 182 graduates with and 1304 without disabilities from career/technical and pre-university programs from three junior/community colleges. Findings for graduates who had registered for disability related services from their school and those who had not were examined separately. Reported academic obstacles and facilitators were also compared.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Few employment differences between graduates with and without disabilities were found. Two-thirds of career/technical graduates from both groups were employed, approximately 30% were studying, and less than 3% were either looking for work or "unavailable for work." Over 80% of pre-university graduates in both groups were continuing their studies; here, too, numbers of employed graduates (14% with and 13% without disabilities) were similar and very few in both groups (<2%) were either looking for work or "unavailable for work." Full versus part-time employment of these two groups was very similar and the same proportion of graduates with and without disabilities were working in jobs related to their studies. Only in "closely related" work did graduates without disabilities have the advantage.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Employment prospects for junior/community college graduates with disabilities seem to be quite positive.
authors.affiliation: Dawson College, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. catherine.fichten@mcgill.ca
authors.forename: Catherine S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Fichten
authors.forename: Shirley
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jorgensen
authors.forename: Alice
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Havel
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Barile
authors.forename: Vittoria
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Ferraro
authors.forename: Marie-Ève
authors.initials: MÈ
authors.lastname: Landry
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Fiset
authors.forename: Jean-Charles
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Juhel
authors.forename: Caroline
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Chwojka
authors.forename: Mai N
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Nguyen
authors.forename: Rhonda
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Amsel
authors.forename: Jennison
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Asuncion
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002170:Canada; D006233:Persons with Disabilities; D004651:Employment; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012574:Schools; D017678:Sex Distribution; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult