Changing selves: A grounded theory account of belonging to a self-advocacy group for people with intellectual disabilities

Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 91-100

  Beart, Suzie ^a,b   Hardy, Gillian ^a   Buchan, Linda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b Lightwood House ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Grounded theory; Intellectual disability; Self advocacy; Self concept

Indexed keywords

EID: 3042736861     PISSN: 13602322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-2322.2004.00186.x     Document Type: Article

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