Self-Determination and Individuals with Significant Disabilities: Examining Meanings and Misinterpretations

Research and Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 5-16

  Wehmeyer, Michael L ^a  

^a Arc National Headquarters   (United States)

Author keywords

adults; choice making; decision making; quality of life; Rehabilitation Act

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002131706     PISSN: 15407969     EISSN: 21692408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2511/rpsd.23.1.5     Document Type: Article

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