The purposes of this study were to follow up the secondary school graduates of the special classes for the disabled in terms of current status and employment conditions. Sujbects were graduates of 1993-96, comprised of the mentally retarded, the visually impaired, the hearing impaired, the physically disabled, and the multiply disabled. They were derived from 126 schools (including 8 special schools) from 21 counties/cities in Taiwan area. As a result, 3,277 subject (93. 64% of the total population) were derived, among them the majority was the retarded (2,124, accounted for 65.8%), and were interviewed by their previous home class teachers. Subjects or their parents were asked to fill up a questionnaire during or after the interview. Based on the questionnaire, the major findings were as follows: (1) in general, while the majority of the subjects were under 20 years of age, most of them (1,339, or 43.4%) were still in school, 983 (or 30.5%) had a full-time job, 609 (or 18.9%) stayed at home, 170 (or 5.3%) were receiving vocational training, the rest (66, or 2.0%) were unanswered; (2) in terms of vocational choice, the major considerations were "personal ability", "job location", and "personal interest"; (3) for those who had a job, the major way of obtaining a job was through "family members or relatives' recommendation," however, their jobs were mainly low-skill or labor-focused with an average salary among NT$10,000 (US$365) and NT$15,000 (US$446), significantly inferior to regular workers; nevertheless, they showed moderate job satisfaction; (4) for those jobless subjects (excluding those in school and vocational training), the main reasons without a job were "lack of skills" or "being rejected because of disability," most of them wished to receive vocational training and/or find a job in the near future. In conclusion, because of the subject were young (mostly under 20 years of age), only few of them had a full-time job, many were still in school, and most were in need of and willing to receive vocational training. Although they were in geaeral cared and had learned a lot of living skills in school, the social suppert after their graduation was not sufficient. There is a great need of improving the mobility facilities and the emplayment conditions. Finally, suggestions were made in terms of follow-up system, education, career guidance, and future studies.