Constructing an autistic identity: AS voices online

Mental Retardation

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 315-321

  Brownlow, Charlotte ^a   O'Dell, Lindsay ^b  

^a LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; HUMAN; INTERNET; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; HUMANS; INTERNET; PATIENT ADVOCACY; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION;

EID: 33751329716     PISSN: 00476765     EISSN: 00476765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1352/0047-6765(2006)44[315:CAAIAV]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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