Connecting employers with people who have intellectual disability

Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 261-273

  Luecking, Richard G ^a  

^a TransCen Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISABLED PERSON; EMPLOYMENT; HUMAN; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; PERCEPTION; POLICY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

DISABLED PERSONS; EMPLOYMENT; EMPLOYMENT, SUPPORTED; HUMANS; MENTAL RETARDATION; PERCEPTION; POLICY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 80051561699     PISSN: 19349556     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1352/1934-9556-49.4.261     Document Type: Article

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