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Alberto Migliore

Research Associate

Ph.D., Special Education, Indiana University
M.S., Disability Management, University College Dublin
B.A., Political Science, Universita' degli Studi di Torino

Alberto Migliore is a Research Associate at the Institute for Community Inclusion. He joined the ICI in 2006 as a postdoctoral research fellow. Migliore's expertise is in quantitative research, including correlational and intervention research and secondary data analyses (e.g., RSA-911, ACS, and NLTS-2 datasets). His professional interest is on research about employment policies and practices that assist job seekers with intellectual disabilities. At the ICI, Migliore works on research protocol development, survey development, data collection, data analysis, and dissemination. In Italy, where he grew up, he helped found a social cooperative where he worked for about ten years involving individuals with intellectual disabilities in community work activities. Migliore has a bachelor's degree in Political Science from Università degli Studi di Torino in Italy, a master's degree in Disability Management from University College Dublin in Ireland, and a doctoral degree in Special Education from Indiana University.

ICI publications by Alberto Migliore

Prevalence of Youth with Autism Who Received Vocational Rehabilitation Services

In 2002, about six children aged eight years per every 1000 people in the general population received a diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The corresponding figure in 2008 was about 11 children, a 78% increase in just six years. (2/2013)

What Are the Trends in Employment Outcomes of Youth with Autism:
2006–2010?

In recent years, the number of children with a diagnosis of autism has substantially increased (Baio, 2012). There is a growing interest, therefore, in knowing more about their transition to employment as they reach adulthood. To address this question, we examined the national and state data from the vocational rehabilitation (VR) program for the years 2006 to 2010. Focusing on people with autism who were 16 to 26 years old and unemployed, we set out to describe how many of them sought VR services, received services, and then gained integrated employment. We also looked at earnings and work hours of those employed. To provide some context, we compared the findings for youth with autism with the findings for youth with other disabilities. Moreover, we investigated the data at both the national and state level. For the state-level data, we reported the average across the five years. (12/2012)

What Are the Employment Experiences of Youth with Autism After High School?

Data Source: The National Longitudinal Transition Study-2 (NLTS-2) (9/2012)

Improving Job Development Through Training and Mentorship

Improving Job Development Through Training and Mentorship (12/2011)

Setting Higher Employment Expectations for Youth with Intellectual Disabilities

Setting Higher Employment Expectations for Youth with Intellectual Disabilities (9/2011)

Select outside publications by Alberto Migliore

Migliore, A., Butterworth, J., Nord, D., Cox, M., Gelb, A. (2012) Implementation of job-development practices. Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 50(3),207-218.

Butterworth, J., Migliore, A., Nord, D., Gelb, A. (2012) Improving the employment outcomes of job seekers with intellectual and developmental disabilities: A training and mentoring intervention for employment. Journal of Rehabilitation, 78(2), 20-29.

Migliore, A., Timmons, J., Butterworth, J. Lugas, J. (2012) Predictors of employment and postsecondary education of youth with autism. Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin, 55(3), 176-184.

Timmons, J.C, Hall, A.C., Fesko, S.L. & Migliore, A. (2011). Retaining the older workforce: Social policy considerations for the universally designed workplace. Journal of Aging and Social Policy, 23(2), 119-140.

Grigal M., Hart, D., Migliore, A. (2011) Comparing the transition planning, postsecondary education, and employment outcomes of students with intellectual and other disabilities. Career Development for Exceptional Individuals, 34(1), 4-17.

Migliore, A., Hall, A., Butterworth, J., Winsor, J. (2010) Job development: what do employment specialists really do? A study on job development practices. Research and Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities, 35(1-2), 15-23.

Migliore, A., Butterworth, J. (2008) Trends in outcomes of the Vocational Rehabilitation program for adults with developmental disabilities: 1995-2005. Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin, 52(1), 35-44

Migliore, A., Grossi, T., Mank, D., Rogan, P. (2008) Why do adults with intellectual disabilities work in sheltered workshops? Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation, 28(1), 29-40.

Migliore, A., Mank, D., Grossi, T., & Rogan, P. (2007). Integrated employment or sheltered workshops: Preferences of adults with intellectual disabilities, their families, and staff. Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation, 26(1).

Migliore, A. (2003). Guida alla formazione in situazione per i disabili intellettivi. Uno strumento di accesso al lavoro: Supported employment Americano e buone pratiche Europee [Place-then-train guide for people with intellectual disabilities: A tool for employment: American supported employment and European good practices]. Pisa, IT: Edizioni Del Cerro.

Migliore, A. (2001). Models of good practice in assisting people with learning difficulties to gain competitive employment. The Annals of the Marie Curie Fellowship, 1, 151-157.

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