Overcoming the barriers to voting experienced by people with learning disabilities

British Journal of Learning Disabilities

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 122-127

  Bell, Dorothy M ^a   McKay, Colin ^b   Phillips, Kathryn J ^b  

^a Royal Scottish National Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Psychology   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Law; Learning disabilities; Social inclusion; Voting

Indexed keywords

EID: 26444536725     PISSN: 13544187     EISSN: 14683156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1468-3156.2001.00127.x     Document Type: Article

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