From handicap to disability: Language use and cultural meaning in the United States

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 346-354

  Devlieger, Patrick J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DISABILITY; HUMAN; JUVENILE; LANGUAGE; NOTE; PHILOSOPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES;

CULTURE; DISABLED PERSONS; EMPLOYMENT, SUPPORTED; GROUP HOMES; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; LEGISLATION, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032766504     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/096382899297594     Document Type: Note

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