Persons with disabilities as parents: What is the problem?

Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 308-314

  Reinders, Hans S ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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EID: 65249125299     PISSN: 13602322     EISSN: 14683148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3148.2008.00445.x     Document Type: Article

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