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Research Papers

“I used to call him a non-decision-maker - I never do that anymore”: parental reflections about training to support decision-making of their adult offspring with intellectual disabilities

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Pages 6356-6364 | Received 17 Feb 2021, Accepted 29 Jul 2021, Published online: 03 Sep 2021

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