The state of the science of employment and economic self-sufficiency for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

Employment, career advancement, and financial independence are highly valued in the United States. As expectations, they are often instilled at a young age and incentivized throughout adulthood. Despite their importance, employment and economic sufficiency continue to be out of reach for most people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD).

Photoinduced charge transfer processes along triarylamine redox cascades.

In this paper, we describe the synthesis and photophysical properties of a series of acridine-triarylamine redox cascades. These cascades were designed in order to promote photoinduced hole transfer from an acridine fluorophore into an adjacent triarylamine. The excited dipolar state then injects a hole into the triarylamine redox cascade.

Supported employment outcomes across a decade: is there evidence of improvement in the quality of implementation?

There is little question that the strategies used to improve supported employment outcomes, namely higher wages and higher levels of integration, have changed since the mid-1980s. Innovations of natural supports and employer leadership have helped increase the capacity of provider agencies and the business community to include people with disabilities in the workforce. This report is the sixth in a series that focuses on features of natural supports and its relationship to outcomes.

Workplace supports, job performance, and integration outcomes for people with psychiatric disabilities.

The notion of natural workplace supports is an essential ingredient in achieving successful supported employment outcomes. This quantitative study examines the characteristics of 243 individuals with psychiatric disabilities participating in supported employment programs in the United States. Diagnoses, psychiatric symptoms, and Global Assessment of Functioning were evaluated in relation to supported employment outcomes, including social interaction, wages, and workplace supports.