Figure 1
The flowchart is labeled “Identification of studies via databases and registers” and shows three vertical text boxes representing three stages, arranged in a vertical series on the left. From top to bottom, these are labeled: “Identification,” “Screening,” and “Included.” In the “Identification” stage, a text box reads: “Records identified from: C I N A H L (n equals 11,713), MEDLINE (n equals 1,997), Psyc INFO (n equals 2,989), PROQUEST (n equals 9,005), Web of Science (n equals 11,879), ERIC (n equals 2,365), SCOPUS (n equals 843), E B S C O host - Business Source Complete (n equals 9,829), EMBASE (n equals 1,837), Humanities and Social Sciences Collection (n equals 329), Total databases (n equals 10), Total records (n equals 52,786).” A right-pointing arrow leads to another text box labeled: “Records removed before the screening: Duplicate records removed (n equals 21,206).” A downward-pointing arrow from the initial text box leads to the “Screening” stage with a box labeled: “Records screened for title (n equals 31,580).” A right-pointing arrow from this text box leads to another text box labeled: “Records removed for title (n equals 30,618).” A downward-pointing arrow leads to a text box labeled: “Records screened for abstract (n equals 962).” A right-pointing arrow from this text box leads to text box labeled “Records excluded (n equals 699).” The flow continues downward to a text box labeled: “Reports sought for retrieval (n equals 263).” A right-pointing arrow leads to a detailed box labeled: “Reports not retrieved (n equals 201),” with five exclusion reasons as follows: First: Autistic participants not distinguished from other participants (n equals 81); Second: Conceptual or review or commentary papers (n equals 14); Third: Did not cover autistic employees’ careers (n equals 69), The books, book chapters, essays, news articles, editorials, opinion pieces, literature reviews, and meta-analyses (n equals 12); Fourth: No paid employment or experience (n equals 11); Fifth: Other (n equals 14) (for example, full text unavailable, age cannot be separated from other participants). A downward arrow continues to a text box labeled: “Reports assessed for eligibility (n equals 62).” A right-pointing arrow from this text box leads to a text box labeled “Reports excluded,” which contains four reasons: Pre-vocational (n equals 8), Employment was not paid (n equals 1), The content is not relevant to career development (n equals 6), Participants with other severe disabilities (n equals 1). The final downward-pointing arrow leads to a text box labeled: “Reports of included studies (n equals 46)” in the “Included” stage.Study selection process following PRISMA. (Source: Authors’ work)