The importance of family involvement for promoting self-determination in adolescents with autism and other developmental disabilities

Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 36-41

  Field, Sharon ^a   Hoffman, Alan ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0007254162     PISSN: 10883576     EISSN: 15384829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/108835769901400105     Document Type: Article

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