Self-Advocacy, "Learning Difficulties," and the Social Model of Disability

Mental Retardation

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 149-160+216

  Goodley, Dan ^a   Armstrong, Derrick ^a   Sutherland, Kath ^b   Laurie, Linda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b START(Ability)   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; POLICY; RESEARCH; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; THEORETICAL MODEL; CONSUMER ADVOCACY; DISABLED PERSON; SELF CONCEPT;

CONSUMER ADVOCACY; DISABLED PERSONS; HUMANS; LEARNING DISORDERS; SELF CONCEPT; SELF EFFICACY;

EID: 0038169072     PISSN: 00476765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1352/0047-6765(2003)41<149:SLDATS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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