'A Story to Tell': learning from the life-stories of older people with intellectual disabilities in Ireland

British Journal of Learning Disabilities

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 316-322

  Hamilton, Carol ^a,b   Atkinson, Dorothy ^c  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b The Open University ^*  (New Zealand)

^c OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Digital archives; Exclusion; Hidden history; Institutional practices; Ireland; Narratives; Redress; Resilience

Indexed keywords

EID: 71149096683     PISSN: 13544187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3156.2009.00588.x     Document Type: Article

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