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Unemployment Among Handicapped Youth

One measure of the effectiveness of special education programs is the employability of students who graduate. Although the vocational outlook for handicapped students is not the only responsibility of special education programs, positive employment outcomes must be considered a high priority. Since unemployment rates for handicapped persons are quite high (50% to 75%), it would appear that both secondary and adult programs are not working as effectively as they might (U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, 1983). Furthermore, follow-up data of special education graduates in Vermont (Hasazi, Preskill, Gordon, & Collins, in press), Colorado (Mithaug, Horivuchi, & Fanning, 1985), and Virginia (Wehman, Kregel, & Seyfarth, in press) confirm these high levels of unemployment for students recently leaving special education. In the case of secondary special education programs, the responsibility of providing full employment for students before graduation is rarely assumed by the public schools. Vocational education, rehabilitation, and other similar types of programs often provide direct payments to employers and students as a substitute for unsubsidized em-