Adults with learning disabilities and the underutilization of the Americans with disabilities act

Remedial and Special Education

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 340-344

  Price, Lynda A ^a   Gerber, Paul J ^b   Mulligan, Robert ^c  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Point Pleasant Beach   (United States)

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EID: 37049018420     PISSN: 07419325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/07419325070280060301     Document Type: Review

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