Women, work, and disability: Opportunities and challenges

Women with Disabilities: Essays in Psychology, Culture, and Politics

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 229-244

  Russo, Nancy Felipe ^a   Jansen, Mary A ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ALLIANT INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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