Moving on from ramps? The utility of the social model of disability for facilitating experiences of nature for disabled children

Disability and Society

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 617-626

  von Benzon, Nadia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children; Constraints; Disability; Environmental access; Nature

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954912464     PISSN: 09687599     EISSN: 13600508     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09687599.2010.489313     Document Type: Article

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