Edited by Martin Agran | Language English | |
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Former names Journal of the Association for Persons with Severe Handicaps, Journal of the Association for the Severely Handicapped, AAESPH Review Abbreviated title (ISO 4) Res. Pract. Persons Severe Disabil. Publisher Sage Publications on behalf of TASH | ||
Research and Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal that covers the fields of education and special education. It is published by Sage Publications on behalf of TASH and the editor-in-chief is Martin Agran (University of Wyoming). The journal was established in 1976 as the AAESPH Review. It was renamed in 1980 to Journal of the Association for the Severely Handicapped and in 1983 to Journal of the Association for Persons with Severe Handicaps, before obtaining its current name in 2001.
Abstracting and indexing
The journal is abstracted and indexed in Scopus and the Social Sciences Citation Index. According to the Journal Citation Reports, its 2014 impact factor is 0.568, ranking it 29th out of 39 journals in the category "Education, Special" and 60th out of 70 journals in the category "Rehabilitation".