Gina Conti?Ramsden|Kevin Durkin|Umar Toseeb|Nicola Botting|Andrew Pickles
Education and employment outcomes of young adults with a history of developmental language disorder
Manchester Academic Health Science Centre|University of Manchester|King's College London|University of Strathclyde|Manchester Metropolitan University|City, University of London|King's College London
abstract background developmental language disorder dld presents considerable barrier young adults engage education training early studies young adults dld revealed poor educational achievement lack opportunities progress education recent studies provided positive findings relatively sparse data exist however current cohorts factors predict outcomes aims examine educational employment outcomes young adulthood sample people histories dld compared agematched peer group without dld ask educational pathways early jobs compare without dld young adults dld receiving similar levels income peers extent language literacy abilities associated outcomes methods amp procedures participants included 84 individuals dld 67 males 88 agematched peers without dld 56 males participants average 24 years age completed battery psycholinguistic literacy nonverbal skills assessments data also collected educational qualifications current educational status extent educational support received employment status history support well current income outcomes amp results dld obtained lower academic vocational qualifications higher educationalvocational qualifications associated better language better reading higher performance iq piq differences two groups terms engagement education mean age leaving education significantly earlier participants dld substantially participants dld reported receiving support dispensation educational institution significant difference groups proportion young people currently employed though higher proportion agematched peers work full time participants dld much likely nonprofessional occupations however examining pay relation types occupation groups incomes broadly comparable conclusions amp implications group level young people history dld commonly less skilled employment rarely achieve professional roles individual level considerable variation smaller trivial proportions young adults history dld showing good educational employment outcomes positive aspects early adult outcomes young people history dld