The author examined what and how factors affect the employment status of Taiwanese college students with disabilities in the 1st year after graduation. The results demonstrated that (a) perceived acceptance by society and the employment market (ASEM) was the major factor affecting the employment status of individuals with disabilities (IWDs); (b) perceived ASEM influenced IWDs' psychological states, attitudes, and life-planning styles, as well as their attitudes and strategies in job searching; and (c) the effect of IWDs' acceptance expectations on their employment development can be explained by the self-fulfilling prophecy.In 2006, a survey by the Ministry of Education in Taiwan found that 61.4% of graduates with disabilities obtained a job within 1 year of graduation-a rate considerably lower than the employment rate (83.5%) of graduates without disabilities. Carter et al. (2010) observed that individuals with disabilities (IWDs) had more difficulty finding employment than individuals without disabilities. Many researches have explored the factors influencing the employment development and job performance of IWDs. These factors can be classified into three categories: personal, psychological, and outside.Studies examining personal factors have focused on understanding how individuals' disability type, disability level, age, gender, and academic achievement influence their employment development and job performance (Carter et al., 2010;Tsai, 2008;Winn & Hay, 2009). In addition to these characteristics, the present study investigated if personal factors contributed to differences in IWDs' employment status. Some studies have explored how psychological factors affect the employment development of IWDs. Winn and Hay (2009) noted that one of the perceived barriers to employment for IWDs is the negative attitudes of their supervisors and coworkers. Draper, Reid, andMcMahon (2011) andRoessler, Neath, McMahon, andRumrill (2007) found that perceived discrimination in the workplace causes IWDs to feel