Disproportionality in transition services: A descriptive study

Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 172-185

  Baer, Robert M ^a   Daviso III, Alfred ^b   Queen, Rachel McMahan ^a   Flexer, Robert W ^a  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

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