Do you know I have Asperger's syndrome? Risks of a non-obvious disability

Health, Risk and Society

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 73-83

  Portway, Suzannah M ^a   Johnson, Barbara ^b  

^a West Sussex Primary Care Trust   (United Kingdom)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asperger's syndrome; Austism; Disability; Labelling; Marginality; Mental health; Qualitative research; Risk

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EXPERIENCE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MENTAL HEALTH; PERCEPTION; PERSONALITY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING; SOCIAL ASPECT;

EID: 16844377898     PISSN: 13698575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09500830500042086     Document Type: Article

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