Inclusion of people with mental retardation and other developmental disabilities in communities of faith

Mental Retardation

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 100-111

  Vogel, Jeannine ^a   Polloway, Edward A ^b   Smith, J David ^c  

^a Bedford County (VA) Schools   (United States)

^b LYNCHBURG COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CIVIL RIGHTS; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; FREEDOM; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MENTAL PATIENT; ORGANIZATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RELIGION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CIVIL RIGHTS; CULTURE; DECISION MAKING, ORGANIZATIONAL; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; FREEDOM; HUMANS; MENTALLY DISABLED PERSONS; PREJUDICE; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; SPIRITUALITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33645571505     PISSN: 00476765     EISSN: 00476765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1352/0047-6765(2006)44[100:IOPWMR]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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