Public views on employment of people with intellectual disabilities

Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 29-37

  Burge, Philip ^a,b   Ouellette Kuntz, Hélène ^a,b   Lysaght, Rosemary ^a,b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b South Eastern Ontario Community University Research Alliance in Intellectual Disabilities   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Developmental disability; Employment; Inclusion; Integration; Intellectual disabilities; Mental retardation; Work

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO MENTAL ILLNESS; CANADA; EMPLOYABILITY; EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; MALE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PUBLIC OPINION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION; WORKPLACE;

EID: 33847787228     PISSN: 10522263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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