Active citizens or passive recipients: How Australian young adults with cerebral palsy define citizenship

Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 65-75

  Yeung, Polly H Y ^a   Passmore, Anne E ^a   Packer, Tanya L ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Citizenship; Disability; Participation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CITIZENSHIP; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN DIGNITY; MALE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RIGHT TO LIFE; ROLE PLAYING; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; CULTURE; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; FRIENDS; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; PREJUDICE; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIAL VALUES; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 39749145380     PISSN: 13668250     EISSN: 14699532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13668250701875129     Document Type: Article

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