Mediating self-hood: Exploring the construction and maintenance of identity by mothers of children labeled with autism spectrum disorder

Disability and Society

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 485-497

  Rocque, Bill ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REDLANDS   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism spectrum disorder; Identity; Interaction; Marginalization; Mediation; Normality; Proxy self hood

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953317200     PISSN: 09687599     EISSN: 13600508     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09687591003755864     Document Type: Article

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