Living with autistic spectrum disorder: Parental experiences of raising a child with autistic spectrum disorder (ASD)

Support for Learning

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 37-45

  Glazzard, Jonathan ^a   Overall, Katy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HUDDERSFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autism; Autistic spectrum disorder; Inclusion; Parents; Special educational needs

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856742910     PISSN: 02682141     EISSN: 14679604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9604.2011.01505.x     Document Type: Article

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