IDENTIFYING THE CAREER-DEVELOPMENT NEEDS OF COLLEGE-STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES

The career maturity levels of 75 students with and without disabilitie s from 2 private liberal arts collleges in the Midwest was measured by the Attitude Scale of the Career Maturity Inventory (Crites, 1978a). The career maturity levels exhibited by 44 students with disabilities was comparable to the career maturity of 31 students without disabilit ies. Students with auditory, visual, or physical disabilities were bet ter able than students with learning disabilities to describe the impa ct of their disability on their career development. Students with disa bilities who were eligible for services while in high school, generall y did not engage in transition planning as required by Federal law.