The Impact of Personal Characteristics of People with Intellectual and Developmental Disability on Self-determination and Autonomous Functioning

Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 255-265

  Wehmeyer, Michael L ^a   Garner, Nancy W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult outcomes; Autonomy; Choice making; Intelligence; Self determination

Indexed keywords

EID: 1842534911     PISSN: 13602322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1468-3148.2003.00161.x     Document Type: Article

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