Employability for UK University Students and Graduates on the Autism Spectrum: Mobilities and Materialities

Jonathan Vincent

doi:10.16993/sjdr.656

Employability for UK University Students and Graduates on the Autism Spectrum: Mobilities and Materialities

Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research

Volume 22 (2020): Issue 1

By: Jonathan Vincent

Open Access

|Feb 2020

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