'Why should I be like bloody Rain Man?!' Navigating the autistic identity

British Journal of Special Education

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 41-49

  Macleod, Andrea ^a   Lewis, Ann ^a   Robertson, Christopher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autism; Higher education; Identity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875537570     PISSN: 09523383     EISSN: 14678578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8578.12015     Document Type: Article

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