Participation of students with physical disabilities in the school environment

American Journal of Occupational Therapy

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 264-272

  Egilson, Snaefridur Thora ^a   Traustadottir, Rannveig ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AKUREYRI   (Iceland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Disabled children; Education; Environment design; Socialization; Task performance and analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649565872     PISSN: 02729490     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5014/ajot.63.3.264     Document Type: Article

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