"I used to worry about what other people thought but now I just think ... well I don't care": Shifting accounts of learning difficulties in public places

Health and Place

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 730-739

  Ryan, Sara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accounts; Children; Learning difficulties; Mothers; Public places

Indexed keywords

DISABILITY; LEARNING; PERCEPTION; PUBLIC SPACE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUTISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INFANTILE AUTISM; LANDAU KLEFFNER SYNDROME; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL LIFE; SYNDROME X; WILLIAMS BEUREN SYNDROME;

EID: 45549094125     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2007.11.004     Document Type: Article

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