Employment status and work characteristics among adolescents with disabilities

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 843-854

  Lindsay, Sally ^a  

^a University of Toronto   (Canada)

Author keywords

adolescent; Employment; life skills; transition

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HANDICAPPED CHILD; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; PATIENT; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMMUNICATION; DISABLED CHILDREN; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEARING IMPAIRED PERSONS; HUMANS; MALE; VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79953661976     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: 14645165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09638288.2010.514018     Document Type: Article

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