Perceived Social Acceptance and Peer Intimacy Among Children with Disabilities in Regular Schools in Norway

Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 143-153

  Wendelborg, Christian ^a   Kvello, Øyvind ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Disabilities; Inclusion; Leisure time; Participation; School organization

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953908937     PISSN: 13602322     EISSN: 14683148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3148.2009.00515.x     Document Type: Article

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