Employer attitudes and satisfaction with supported employment

Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 15-22

  Petty, Debra Martin ^a   Fussell, Elizabeth M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

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EID: 0001874323     PISSN: 10883576     EISSN: 15384829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/108835769701200102     Document Type: Article

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