Day service cultures from the perspectives of autistic people with profound learning disabilities.
Background: Service culture refers to the practices, views and values within service organisations. Developing positive cultures has been thought imperative to improving social care, though day services and their cultures remain an under‐researched area. For many autistic people with profound learni...
| Publicado en: | British Journal of Learning Disabilities Vol. 52; no. 1; pp. 54 - 66 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
Mar2024
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