This chapter details research that considers what happens to disabled young people as they move towards and into adulthood. Research has shown that there are various challenges for disabled young people as they move towards adulthood. The reasons for this are multiple, but poor educational experiences and limited employment opportunities are central. This chapter draws from youth studies and disability studies research to show how the contexts for transitions to adulthood are changing and what that means for disabled young people. It looks at both macro level issues about changes in the labor market and economies and micro issues about how youth identities emerge and are negotiated. It captures trends in youth studies and disability studies that expand the themes of interest within transition research by taking a holistic approach that also considers themes such as family, crime, housing, relationships, consumption, and political participation. The holistic move is also associated with more critical approaches to thinking about some of the normative underpinnings of what are considered good transitions and good adulthoods. The contemporary influence of neo-liberalism on shaping how some young people, including disabled young people, are framed as a social problem is critiqued in some of the literature discussed in the chapter. This chapter finally stresses the importance of thinking about variation in disabled young people’s lives and variations in the pathways to adulthood and the possible ways to be a disabled adult.

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Examining Disabled Youth Transitions

  • Janice McLaughlin

摘要

This chapter details research that considers what happens to disabled young people as they move towards and into adulthood. Research has shown that there are various challenges for disabled young people as they move towards adulthood. The reasons for this are multiple, but poor educational experiences and limited employment opportunities are central. This chapter draws from youth studies and disability studies research to show how the contexts for transitions to adulthood are changing and what that means for disabled young people. It looks at both macro level issues about changes in the labor market and economies and micro issues about how youth identities emerge and are negotiated. It captures trends in youth studies and disability studies that expand the themes of interest within transition research by taking a holistic approach that also considers themes such as family, crime, housing, relationships, consumption, and political participation. The holistic move is also associated with more critical approaches to thinking about some of the normative underpinnings of what are considered good transitions and good adulthoods. The contemporary influence of neo-liberalism on shaping how some young people, including disabled young people, are framed as a social problem is critiqued in some of the literature discussed in the chapter. This chapter finally stresses the importance of thinking about variation in disabled young people’s lives and variations in the pathways to adulthood and the possible ways to be a disabled adult.