Most research exploring transition to adulthood for disabled adolescents and young adults has often had the tendency to focus on paediatric to adult healthcare transition. This negligence is a relic from a past where disability was more a medical than a social issue. This is a qualitative study using purposive sampling and in-depth interview. It investigated the experiences of professional service providers working with disabled immigrant adolescents and young adults, age 16-25 in Norway. Transition experience to adulthood is not universal. Every cohort of children; disabled or not, will have challenges and opportunities that influences entry and outcomes to adulthood. However, intersection between immigration background and disability ushers in additional challenges; because many disabled children will inherit, some of the postmigration difficulties their parents encounter. Results from this study revealed service providers experienced challenges related to language and communication, collaboration with parents, inadequate human and material resources and interdisciplinary cooperation.
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