Employment for people with intellectual disability in Australia and the United Kingdom

Journal of Disability Policy Studies

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 233-243

  Dempsey, Ian ^a   Ford, Jerry ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Disability; Disability policy; Employment

Indexed keywords

EID: 59549084964     PISSN: 10442073     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1044207308314946     Document Type: Article

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