Understanding Adults with Learning Disabilities: As More Young Adults Who Received School-Based Accommodations for Their Learning Disabilities Enter the Workforce, Employers Need to Understand How They are Faring in Employment Settings (Focus: Managing Multiple Generations in the Workplace‪)‬

Since the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) in 1990 and its subsequent full implementation in 1992, persons with disabilities have taken their rightful place in America's diverse workforce. In the case of adults with learning disabilities (LD), the vast majority have entered the workforce in competitive employment settings upon leaving high school (Gerber and Reiff 1991). Currently, there are tens of thousands of individuals with LD in the workforce, some of whom are doing remarkably well, some of whom are struggling. Unfortunately, there is a paucity of research on the realities of the workplace beyond job entry, but the extant literature presents some findings that can be helpful for employers and those in employment support roles.