Serious leisure and people with intellectual disabilities: Benefits and opportunities

Leisure Studies

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 387-402

  Patterson, Ian ^a   Pegg, Shane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Benefits; Leisure skills; People with disabilities; Self esteem; Serious leisure

Indexed keywords

DISABILITY; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION;

AUSTRALIA; BRISBANE; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 77950747397     PISSN: 02614367     EISSN: 14664496     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02614360903071688     Document Type: Article

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