Constructing normalcy: A qualitative study of parenting children with Asperger's Disorder

Educational Psychology in Practice

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 335-346

  Lasser, Jon ^a   Corley, Kristyn ^b  

^a TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TX Independent School District   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive environments; Asperger's Disorder; Grounded Theory; Parenting children

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960506311     PISSN: 02667363     EISSN: 14695839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02667360802488773     Document Type: Article

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