Workplace supports: A view from employers who have hired supported employees

Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 167-179

  Unger, Darlene D ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0000212275     PISSN: 10883576     EISSN: 15384829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/108835769901400306     Document Type: Article

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