Aspergers - Different, not less: Occupational strengths and job interests of individuals with Asperger's Syndrome

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2014, Pages

  Lorenz, Timo ^a   Heinitz, Kathrin ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; ATTENTION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL CONCENTRATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NETHERLANDS; OCCUPATION; SELF CONCEPT; VOCATIONAL EDUCATION; ADOLESCENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ASPERGER SYNDROME; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONS; SELF EFFICACY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84903388403     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0100358     Document Type: Article

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