Positive Adaptation in Parents of Adults with Disabilities

Education and Training in Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 123-130

  Sandler, Allen G ^a   Mistretta, Lisa A ^b  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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