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Rosen, Julie W.; Burchard, Sara N. – Education and Training in Mental Retardation, 1990
Characteristics of community activities and social support networks of 27 adults with mental retardation living in semi-independent apartments were compared to those of 27 similar adults without mental retardation. Among findings was that retarded adults did not perceive themselves as socially isolated though their actual social integration was…
Descriptors: Activities, Adults, Community, Independent Living
