2023-09-28 14:46:10 +00:00
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abstract: 'People with disabilities in Australia face significant employment
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barriers. Research and policy initiatives over the past fifteen years
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have consistently emphasised the benefits of vocational education and
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training generally, and apprenticeship and traineeships specifically, as
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leading to positive vocational pathways and employment outcomes for
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people with disabilities. However, there is a dearth of evidence of
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graduate outcomes for apprentices and trainees with disabilities. This
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paper presents the employment outcomes including hours of work and
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salaries for a cohort of apprenticeship and traineeship graduates with
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and without disabilities across a three-year longitudinal Australian
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study. Overall, there are positive employment outcomes for the research
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participants although graduates without a disability achieved better
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outcomes than graduates with disabilities and participants in receipt of
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the disability support pension had significantly lower wages than other
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participants with disabilities. There are indications that the gap in
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outcomes between graduates with and without disabilities has reduced
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over time, although generalisability of the findings may be limited by
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the observational study design. Nevertheless, the study has confirmed
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positive employment and related outcomes for apprenticeship and
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traineeship graduates with disabilities, which were sustained, or
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arguably improved, over the three-year period covered by the study.'
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affiliation: 'Thoresen, SH (Corresponding Author), Curtin Univ, Sch Occupat Therapy
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Social Work \& Speech Pathol, Bentley, Australia.
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Thoresen, Stian H.; Cocks, Errol; Parsons, Richard, Curtin Univ, Sch Occupat Therapy
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Social Work \& Speech Pathol, Bentley, Australia.'
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author: Thoresen, Stian H. and Cocks, Errol and Parsons, Richard
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author-email: s.thoresen@ecu.edu.au
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author_list:
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- family: Thoresen
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given: Stian H.
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- family: Cocks
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given: Errol
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- family: Parsons
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given: Richard
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da: '2023-09-28'
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doi: 10.1080/1034912X.2019.1699648
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earlyaccessdate: DEC 2019
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eissn: 1465-346X
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files: []
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issn: 1034-912X
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journal: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DISABILITY DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION
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keywords: 'Apprenticeships; Australia; employment; graduate outcomes; longitudinal
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study; people with disabilities; traineeships; vocational education and
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training'
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keywords-plus: PEOPLE
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language: English
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month: SEP 3
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number: '5'
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number-of-cited-references: '34'
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pages: 702-716
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papis_id: acc931ba949697f4a031d23c180f46b8
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ref: Thoresen2021threeyear
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times-cited: '2'
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title: Three Year Longitudinal Study of Graduate Employment Outcomes for Australian
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Apprentices and Trainees with and without Disabilities
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2023-10-01 08:15:07 +00:00
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type: article
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2023-09-28 14:46:10 +00:00
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unique-id: WOS:000501555400001
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usage-count-last-180-days: '2'
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usage-count-since-2013: '9'
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volume: '68'
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web-of-science-categories: Education, Special; Rehabilitation
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year: '2021'
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