. However, these and other impacts may be worse for people with disability due to the greater economic and social disadvantage they experience, and the greater barriers they face in gaining work.data from 2016 to 2019 and included 3,435 young adults aged 20 to 35. The 377 young adults with disability in our sample had poorer mental health than young adults who didn't report a disability. They were also less likely to be employed.
We checked to see how much of the poorer mental health experienced by young adults with disability could be improved if they had the same employment rate as their peers without disability. To do this, we used a method called"" which allowed us to estimate how much having a disability affects the mental health of young adults.
We then took this estimate and split it into two parts: the effect on mental health due to unemployment, and the effect on mental health not due to unemployment. We found nearly 20% of the poorer mental health reported by young adults with disability could be alleviated by helping those who want to work into jobs.The National Disability Insurance Scheme promised to improve employment rates for young participants. The School Leaver Employment Supports program is the main way NDIS participants are supported to move out of school and into work.
only 29% of people in the program entered mainstream employment, and over half were unemployed when they left the program.