An exploratory survey of opportunities and barriers to creative leisure activity for people with learning disabilities

British Journal of Learning Disabilities

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 63-67

  Reynolds, Frances ^a  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Art; Barriers to leisure; Creative leisure; Drama; Learning disabilities

Indexed keywords

EID: 14644390844     PISSN: 13544187     EISSN: 14683156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1468-3156.2002.00151.x     Document Type: Article

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