Abstract
<p>This article reports the post-secondary education and work activities of 43 young adults who reported a history of both hearing and vision disabilities (i.e., deafblindness [DB] in Wave 4 of the High School Longitudinal Study of 2009. Most of the sample reported having worked, attended post-secondary education, or both since completing secondary education. Approximately half of the sample still lived with their parents, and most reported receiving financial support from their parents. Thus, although engagement in work and education was relatively high, most participants had not achieved financial independence.</p>
Acknowledgements
The author thanks Jennifer Cmar and Michele McDonnall for their comments on an earlier draft. Correspondence about this article should be directed to Emily Lund, Department of Educational Studies in Psychology, Research Methodology and Counseling, University of Alabama, PO Box 87023, Tuscaloosa, AL 3548, emlund@ua.edu / emily.m.lund@gmail.com
The contents of this manuscript were developed under a grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, NIDILRR grant 90RT5040-01-00. However, these contents do not necessarily represent the policy of the Department of Health and Human Services and should not indicate endorsement by the Federal Government.