Notions of self: Lived realities of children with disabilities

Disability and Society

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 129-145

  Singh, Vanessa ^a,b   Ghai, Anita ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

'Disability' 'normal'; Mobility 'impairment'; Self

Indexed keywords

EID: 69249229802     PISSN: 09687599     EISSN: 13600508     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09687590802652363     Document Type: Article

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