Resilience in families with an autistic child

Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 347-355

  Greeff, Abraham P ^a   Van Der Walt, Kerry Jan ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

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