States vary in the percentage of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities who apply to vocational rehabilitation and progress to services.
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Infographics offer highlights of some of our most important data findings.
Many people with intellectual and developmental disabilities want to work, but this is often not reflected in their service plans.
What percentage of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities are working?
What percentage of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities close out of vocational rehabilitation services?
People with a cognitive disability are more likely than their peers to be unemployed and live in poverty
There are differences in employment rates of SSI recipients across 4 disability sub-groups.
Supplemental Security Income beneficiaries with intellectual and developmental disabilities are unlikely to be employed.