IMPEDIMENTS TO EFFECTIVE VOCATIONAL TRAINING FOR LEARNERS WITH AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER IN NAIROBI COUNTY, KENYA
Bibliographic record
Abstract
Transitioning learners with Autism Spectrum Disorder into broader societal contexts involves preparing them for various aspects of adult life, including education, employment, and independent living. Research indicates that individuals with autism face barriers such as limited social skills, difficulties in communication, and a lack of access to tailored vocational training. The current study aimed at examining challenges faced by an elected vocational rehabilitation centre while preparing learners with ASD for transitioning to society in Nairobi City County, Kenya. The study employed a mixed-methods research design. Results revealed that learners faced a myriad of challenges, such as anxiety, stigma, social skills deficits, and communication barriers, emphasizing the need for targeted interventions and societal awareness programs to facilitate successful integration. Learners with autism require structured, individualized, and sensory-friendly training approaches to enhance their employability and independence.<p> </p><p><strong> Article visualizations:</strong></p><p><img src="/-counters-/soc/0610/a.php" alt="Hit counter" /></p>
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How this classification was reachedexpand
Full frame distilled prediction
Teacher imitationNot calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. Learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and 10,348 direct Gemma labels. Candidate is the union of thresholded teacher heads; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels or direct frontier model labels.
Codex and Gemma teacher scores by category
| Category | Codex | Gemma |
|---|---|---|
| Metaresearch | 0.004 | 0.002 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.002 | 0.002 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Open science | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| Research integrity | 0.000 | 0.001 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
Machine scores (provisional)
The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.
Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.
score_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from itClassification
machine, unvalidatedMachine predicted; a candidate call from one teacher head, not a consensus.
How this classification was reached, model by model and score by score, is at the end of the page under "How this classification was reached".