Vocational Education of People with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD)

There is a growing number of prevalence of Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) in the world based on the recent statistics. Presently, most of the available information focuses on children with ASD and there is a dearth of studies on adults with an ASD. There is also a growing need for research on the people with ASD in different developmental stages such as adults. Vocational education and keeping job are among the necessary abilities for adults with ASD. The present article tries to make some suggestions for vocational education and post-educational employment based on the previous studies in this field. Supported employment as a probable model is fully explained and at the end a list of jobs based on the levels of functioning and abilities of people with ASD is proposed.