The elephant in the room: Poverty, disability, and employment

Research and Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities

Volumn 35, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 5-14

  Hughes, Carolyn ^a   Avoke, Selete K ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b United States Department of Education   (United States)

Author keywords

Diversity; Employment; Poverty; Severe disabilities

Indexed keywords

EID: 79954480292     PISSN: 15407969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2511/rpsd.35.1-2.5     Document Type: Article

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