33% Of Adults With Intellectual Disabilities Employed; Half In Competitive Environments

About one-third of working age adults with intellectual disabilities are in the workforce and about half are working in a competitive, integrated environment. About nine percent of those who are working are also self-employed, and 38% work in sheltered workshops. The remaining two-thirds are not employed either because they cannot find a job, they have stopped looking, or they have a health condition or other barrier preventing them from working.

The findings were reported in “National Snapshot Of Adults With Intellectual Disabilities In The Labor Force” by Gary N. Siperstein, Robin C. Parker, and Max Drascher. The . . .