Self-Determination and Positive Adult Outcomes: A Follow-Up Study of Youth with Mental Retardation or Learning Disabilities

Exceptional Children

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 245-255

  Wehmeyer, Michael ^a,b   Schwartz, Michelle ^a,b  

^a Arc National Headquarters

^b Arc National Headquarters   (United States)

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EID: 0000029022     PISSN: 00144029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/001440299706300207     Document Type: Article

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