Structured flexibility: six case studies of how children with diagnosed autism develop independency in daily living activities

Mona E. Holmqvist

doi:10.1080/15017410902753862

Structured flexibility: six case studies of how children with diagnosed autism develop independency in daily living activities

Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research

Volume 11 (2009): Issue 3

By: Mona E. Holmqvist

Open Access

|Oct 2009

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