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Causative factors of difficulty in securing employment amongst autism vocational training centre graduates
Mohd Rashidi Ali1, Hanifah Jambari2, Kamalularifin Subari3.
Vocational education has been said as the best intervention to prepare students with autism for the labour market. It has also been proven to be helpful with the severity of their symptoms. Unfortunately, despite doing well in vocational education, there are still those who are unable to secure any employment. This research was carried out to identify the main reason behind the lack of employability amongst autism vocational training centre graduates regardless of the thorough training they received. This research utilized qualitative method through semi structured interviews with administrators of vocational training centres for autistics learners to obtain related information. The interview data was analysed thematically using NVIVO software based on Social Cognitive Career Theory (SCCT). Results show weak social skills and external influences are the main reason behind the difficulties faced by autism vocational training centre graduates in securing employment. Elements of the aforementioned social skills are communication with employer and colleagues, voicing ideas and opinions, giving responses, and responding to workplace related issues. Hence, workplace oriented social skills should be exposed to these students to complement their vocational training. The findings of this study are very important to be used as a guide and reference especially to the administration of vocational training centres for autism and to relevant government bodies under Ministry Of Education (MOE), Ministry Of Human Resources (MOHR) dan The Ministry of Women, Family and Community Development (KPWKM) to devise a strategy to deal with the factors that have been identified in order to expand autism individual potential so they would be as desirable as others in the labour market.
Affiliation:
- School of Education, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), Skudai, 81310 Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia, Malaysia
- School of Education, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), Skudai, 81310 Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia, Malaysia
- School of Education, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), Skudai, 81310 Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia, Malaysia
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