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846 gap statements mined from Disability Education and Employment papers in our 7.9M-paper local library, which holds 8,433 papers on the topic — drawn mostly from each paper's own stated research gap, future-work, challenge and limitation notes, and its abstract. The ones listed below are a selection still marked open; each names the study that raised it, with a DOI link where the paper has one.

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  • Future research may consider incorporating longitudinal and intervention-based designs to examine how psychosocial environmental components change over time and whether modifications to these components predict employment retention.

    Psychosocial Workplace Environments Enabling Sustainable Employment for People with Mental Health Conditions: A Scoping Review · 2026 · DOI

  • The experiences of students with co-occurring ADHD and autism remain underexplored, and the available evidence is insufficient to support conclusions about the nature or severity of the barriers encountered by this group.

    ADHD and Autism in Online Higher Education: A Scoping Review and Thematic Synthesis of Reported Challenges · 2026 · DOI

  • There is still a lack of professional support in the classroom to accompany these cases. Persistent structural barriers, including the coexistence of inclusive practices with traditional teaching methods, sensory overload associated with excessive use of technology, and a lack of transparency regarding which faculty members had received inclusion training.

    The Listening Classroom: Professor and Cultural Change in Inclusion for Students on the Autism Spectrum · 2026 · DOI

  • The paper identifies a gap in understanding which characteristics have the biggest impact on increasing inclusion in the workplace. There is a need to investigate which factors matter for perceptions of inclusion success in the workplace. The results of education and training efforts to improve inclusion remain mixed, indicating a gap in understanding what works.

    Workplace Inclusion Initiatives Across the Globe: The Importance of Leader and Coworker Support for Employees’ Attitudes, Beliefs, and Planned Behaviors · 2024 · DOI

  • Therefore, in the absence of contradictory evidence, it is considered important that organizations such as UNESCO (2020) and the European Agency for Special Needs and Inclusive Education (EASNIE 2022), which both promote full inclusion, re-evaluate their positions in order to adopt more realistic policies, especially for young people with intellectual disabilities.

    Inclusive Education, Intellectual Disabilities and the Demise of Full Inclusion · 2024 · DOI

  • Future research could consider expanding the sample size to encompass a wider range of private schools and governmental institutions. This would allow for a detailed comparison of policy implementations across various school settings.

    A Qualitative Study on Dubai’s Inclusive Education Policy from School Leaders’ Perspectives · 2024 · DOI

  • Although the participants demonstrate evidence of being leadership advocates for social justice, a limitation of this study is that it was difficult to locate district administrators who take up both issues of inclusion and racial diversity who self-identify as racially and culturally diverse.

    Leaders’ Social and Disability Justice Drive to Cultivate Inclusive Schooling · 2024 · DOI

  • Another problem that was observed in this study and has not been studied in depth in the literature is the need of these children to compare themselves with their classmates.

    Challenges Faced by Students with Special Needs in Primary Education during Online Teaching · 2024 · DOI

  • One of the limitations of this study is that the perceptions of participants in the present study may be limited because they depend on the specific lived experiences of this small sample of individuals, all of whom were adult men.

    A Qualitative, Small-Sample Study of Employment Challenges for People with Disabilities in Saudi Arabia · 2024 · DOI

  • However, this index has not yet been explored against real placement, retention, supervisor-rated performance, or longitudinal labor market outcomes.

    Accessibility Aware Employability Analytics Using Workplace Simulation Logic and Person Job Fit Modeling · 2026 · DOI

  • Although our findings might transfer to other geographical contexts, that would need to be studied empirically.

    Not an Ideal Worker, Not a Disabled Worker: The Experience of Disclosing Invisible Disabilities at Work · 2026 · DOI

  • Students who are blind or visually impaired in Iran, as an exam-oriented context, face thought-provoking issues in their assessments, which are incidentally underexplored.

    Students’ and Teachers’ Perspectives on English Language Exams for Students with Visual Impairments: Toward More Inclusive Assessment Practices · 2026 · DOI

  • However, little is known about Chinese parents' ratings of self-determination in this population and related factors, particularly within the framework of Causal Agency Theory.

    Self‐Determination in Students With Intellectual Disability: Parents' Perceptions and Associated Predictors · 2026 · DOI

  • The findings demonstrate that while individual capabilities and vocational readiness are foundational, they remain insufficient when workplace accommodations, social networks, and structural inequalities are overlooked.

    FROM INDIVIDUAL EMPOWERMENT TO STRUCTURAL INCLUSION: A SYSTEMATIC LITERATURE REVIEW OF COMMUNITY-BASED CAREER COUNSELING FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES · 2026 · DOI

  • Yet accessibility failures in everyday teaching often reveal governance dynamics that remain poorly understood.

    When accessibility is assumed to be in place: responsibility shifting in institutionalized deaf and hard-of-hearing higher education · 2026 · DOI

  • While these reforms aim to enhance educational equity and widen participation, their effectiveness in ensuring academic success and student retention remains unclear.

    ADMISSION EXEMPTION POLICIES AND ACADEMIC OUTCOMES FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES IN SAUDI HIGHER EDUCATION · 2026 · DOI

  • However, it remains unclear whether support needs differ across disability types.

    Study Stress, Perceived Support and Support-Seeking Intentions in University Students with Disabilities · 2025 · DOI

  • There is very limited research on autism and ADHD in police employees.

    The experiences of mid-career disclosure of autism and ADHD diagnosis by UK police officers and staff · 2025 · DOI

  • However, students and staff reported a lack of standardised guidance from universities, registration authorities, and the legislation relating to interventions and support for students with a disability.

    Academic support strategies for nursing students with a disability at university — An integrative review · 2025 · DOI

  • Vocational identity development is a crucial yet underexplored aspect of Deaf and Hard of Hearing (DHH) students' education and career progression.

    Father Involvement and Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Students’ Vocational Identity Development · 2025 · DOI

  • While extensive research has explored issues of access and inclusivity in K-12 education and to a limited extent in higher education, there exists a notable gap in understanding how to proactively design undergraduate chemistry courses to be accessible and inclusive for a diverse range of students.

    Graduate Teaching Assistants’ Conceptualization and Reported Use of Inclusive Teaching Practices in Undergraduate Chemistry Laboratories · 2025 · DOI

  • The first major limitation of the present study is related to an issue inherent in survey research.

    Perceptions of UDL Teaching Practices among University Students with Disabilities · 2024 · DOI

  • There is a lack of evidence and little guidance on how to effectively implement UDL in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC).

    Universal Design for Learning in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Review of the Literature · 2024 · DOI

  • However, researchers have not investigated how the number of co-occurring disabilities (that is zero, one, two, or three or more disabilities) influence parents’ postsecondary educational expectations for their children.

    Exploring the Impact of Students’ Number of Disabilities on Parent Expectations for Postsecondary Education · 2024 · DOI

  • The study recommends incorporating self-determination training in teacher preparation programs and conducting further research on contributing factors.

    Empowering Self-Determination: A Closer Look at Females with Disabilities in Jordan · 2025 · DOI

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Open questions raised by papers listed on this page include: (1) Future research may consider incorporating longitudinal and intervention-based designs to examine how psychosocial environmental components change over time and whether modifications to these components predict employment retention (“Psychosocial Workplace Environments Enabling Sustainable Employment for People…”, 2026); (2) The experiences of students with co-occurring ADHD and autism remain underexplored, and the available evidence is insufficient to support conclusions about the nature or severity of the barriers encountered by this group (“ADHD and Autism in Online Higher Education: A Scoping Review and Thematic…”, 2026); (3) There is still a lack of professional support in the classroom to accompany these cases (“The Listening Classroom: Professor and Cultural Change in Inclusion for…”, 2026); (4) This index has not yet been explored against real placement, retention, supervisor-rated performance, or longitudinal labor market outcomes (“Accessibility Aware Employability Analytics Using Workplace Simulation Logic…”, 2026); (5) Little is known about Chinese parents' ratings of self-determination in this population and related factors, particularly within the framework of Causal Agency Theory (“Self‐Determination in Students With Intellectual Disability: Parents'…”, 2026). 846 gap statements have been mined from Disability Education and Employment papers in our 7.9M-paper local library, which holds 8,433 papers on the topic; the gaps come from whichever of those papers state one. They are mostly the research gaps the authors state and the papers' abstracts, plus future-work, limitations and challenges passages. The ones listed below are a selection still marked open; each names the study that raised it, with a DOI link where the paper has one, so you can read the original claim in context.

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