Choosing employment: Factors that impact employment decisions for individuals with intellectual disability

Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 285-299

  Timmons, Jaimie Ciulla ^a   Hall, Allison Cohen ^a   Bose, Jennifer ^a   Wolfe, Ashley ^a   Winsor, Jean ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; DEMOGRAPHY; EMPLOYMENT; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ADULT; DECISION MAKING; EMPLOYMENT; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MENTAL RETARDATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 80051568858     PISSN: 19349556     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1352/1934-9556-49.4.285     Document Type: Article

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