Attitudes of High School Students toward their Classmates with Severe Disabilities: a Pilot Study

Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 523-538

  Shalev, Rebecca A ^a   Asmus, Jennifer M ^a   Carter, Erik W ^b   Moss, Colleen K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Autism spectrum disorders; High school; Inclusion; Intellectual disability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84969919932     PISSN: 1056263X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10882-016-9489-x     Document Type: Article

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