Social disadvantage and exclusion: Adults with autism lag far behind in employment prospects

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 52, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 897-899

  Howlin, Patricia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULTHOOD; AUTISM; EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INTEGRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL WORK;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; EDUCATION, SPECIAL; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REHABILITATION, VOCATIONAL;

EID: 84883242874     PISSN: 08908567     EISSN: 15275418     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaac.2013.06.010     Document Type: Editorial

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