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Stuck in 'perpetual transition': Improving life beyond school for people with an intellectual disability

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Interview on ABC Radio National Life Matters on research output about

What needs to change to make the transition from high school more fulfilling for people with intellectual disabilities?

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Leaving high school can be a moment of great excitement and sometimes great stress. Suddenly you're meant to know what you want to do with your life and what the steps are to get there. At the same time, the structure and routine you're used to vanishes overnight. For people with an intellectual disability it's the same big transition, but is there enough support to help them reach the same milestones that many of us take for granted?

Period5 Sept 2023

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  • TitleStuck in 'perpetual transition': Improving life beyond school for people with an intellectual disability
    Degree of recognitionNational
    Media name/outletABC Radio National Life Matters
    Media typeRadio
    Duration/Length/Size13 minutes
    Country/TerritoryAustralia
    Date5/09/23
    DescriptionLeaving high school can be a moment of great excitement and sometimes great stress.
    Suddenly you're meant to know what you want to do with your life and what the steps are to get there.
    At the same time, the structure and routine you're used to vanishes overnight.
    For people with an intellectual disability it's the same big transition, but is there enough support to help them reach the same milestones that many of us take for granted?

    Guest:
    Lise Ludwig Mogensen, associate professor, Medical Education, Research and Evaluation, School of Medicine, Western Sydney University
    Producer/AuthorSky Kirkham
    URLhttps://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/lifematters/transition-from-school-with-an-intellectual-disability/102812412
    PersonsLise Mogensen
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