Description: The TYDE Project is an emerging interdisciplinary, cross-sectoral network of partners committed to improving the low employment outcomes of working age individuals with developmental disabilities with a specific focus on youth ages 14 – 25.
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The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (2006) says that people with disabilities have the right to work and governments need to support and promote people with disabilities’ right to work.
“ The TYDE Project ” – is an interdisciplinary, cross-sectoral network of partners committed to improving the employment outcomes for transitioning youth ages 14 – 18 with intellectual disabilities or autism in British Columbia through early an intervention targeting youth and their parents/caregivers. Research consistently supports that intervening early when young adolescent girls and boys with developmental disabilities are transitioning from school to adult life translates to positive employment outcom
Develop and test The TYDE Transitioning Youth to Employment Tool; an online interactive learning environment designed to enhance employment outcomes for youth with ID or ASD.