Communicating Adulthood: The Meanings of Independent Living for People with Significant Cognitive Disabilities and Their Families

Topics in Language Disorders

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 52-67

  Ferguson, Philip M ^b   Ferguson, Dianne L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Adulthood; Communication; Significant cognitive disabilities

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030525692     PISSN: 02718294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00011363-199605000-00006     Document Type: Article

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