'It cuts both ways': A relational approach to access and accommodation for autism

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 305-312

  Davidson, Joyce ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Accessibility; Autism; Autobiographies; Disability geographies

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; CRITICAL ANALYSIS; DISABILITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEALTH SERVICES; MENTAL HEALTH; SOCIAL INCLUSION;

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CONSTRUCTION WORK AND ARCHITECTURAL PHENOMENA; FLUORESCENT LIGHTING; PERCEPTION; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; HUMANS; INTERIOR DESIGN AND FURNISHINGS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SENSATION DISORDERS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY;

EID: 72149122141     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.10.017     Document Type: Article

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