Do adults with autism benefit monetarily from working in their communities?

Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 173-180

  Cimera, Robert Evert ^a   Burgess, Sloane ^a  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

autism; Cost efficacy; employment of adults with autism

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; COMMUNITY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; UNITED STATES; VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION; WORKING TIME; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

EID: 79959211400     PISSN: 10522263     EISSN: 18786316     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/JVR-2011-0545     Document Type: Article

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