Improving access to competitive employment for persons with disabilities as a means of reducing social security expenditures

Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 23-30

  Wehman, Paul ^a   West, Michael ^b   Kane Johnston, Kelly ^b  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 4143081933     PISSN: 10883576     EISSN: 15384829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/108835769701200103     Document Type: Article

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