Vidare studier eller etablering på arbetsmarknaden? : En kvalitativ studie som fokuserar på unga vuxna med NPF

The transition to working life is a difficult process for young people with neuropsychiatric disabilities. The transition to adulthood involves a complex interplay between one's visions, social and economic “opportunity structures'' that society delivers. In this essay, the focus has been to cast light on young adults with neuropsychiatric diagnosis, how their experiences and perception has shaped them to choose to further educate themselves or establish themselves in the labor market. The method “life stories'' has been used as inspiration to bring out the interviewees' stories and to look back on their previous schooling. The study was also performed using a qualitative method. Theoretical starting points for this study were the concepts of inclusion, exclusion, and stigma. The transcribed interviews have been analyzed according to the method thematic analysis and the following main themes were identified: experiences of knowledge level about NPD among teachers, experiences of exclusion and inclusion in the school environment, strategies that have emerged to manage their everyday school life,experiences of support in previous schooling, the desire for more information about what support measures are available in further studies and the transition between further studies and establishment in the labor market. In summary the results showed a huge lack of knowledge among teachers regarding NPD andhow the support needs to be adapted for students with NPD. The results also showed that teachers stigmatized NPD students by negative statements related to NPD and NPD students’need of adapted support. This has resulted in that needs of NPD diagnoses have been identified during the later parts of the schooling period for most of the interviewed persons. This early exclusion and stigmatization resulted in a late inclusion during the schooling. The experiences of the interview persons also showed a lack of support and information when making their choice to continue their education or establishment on the labor market. There are also positive experiences that interviewees felt included in the education at some points during their schooling. However, the positive experiences were very few. Choosing to either study further or establish oneself in the labor market after high school is ultimately an individual choice based on people's previous experiences, but also personal interests