Compulsory school leavers with disabilities are confronted with manifold barriers and mechanisms of exclusion in their transition from compulsory school to further education, training and employment. In many cases their post-school education and employment paths are predetermined by the system of vocational rehabilitation and by diverse occupational therapy offers. In European countries, a wide research gap exists in the field of transition from SEC I to SEC II and to employment for various groups of adolescents with disabilities. There is also a limited body of acquired knowledge about the life-historical experiences of people with disabilities.

This presentation reports on a study of how young people with intellectual disabilities have or have not been able to participate in the transition process from school to working life (reserch project title: Experiences of participation in the life history of people with intelletucal disabilites (with focus on transitions),  University of Vienna,  funded by the Austrian Science Fund, 2008-2013, http://vocational-participation.univie.ac.at/home/).

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