Special Education Services Received by Students With Autism Spectrum Disorders From Preschool Through High School

Journal of Special Education

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 167-179

  Wei, Xin ^a   Wagner, Mary ^a   Christiano, Elizabeth R A ^a   Shattuck, Paul ^b   Yu, Jennifer W ^a  

^a SRI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

age; autism; demographic characteristics; disability severity; service; special education

Indexed keywords

EID: 84908596229     PISSN: 00224669     EISSN: 15384764     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022466913483576     Document Type: Article

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