Integrating people with disabilities: Their right - our responsibility

Disability and Society

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 627-630

  Isaac, Rebecca ^a   Raja, B William Dharma ^a   Ravanan, M P ^b  

^a MANONMANIAM SUNDARANAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Government Medical College Hospital   (India)

Author keywords

Accessibility; Barriers; Disability; Human rights; Integration; Marginalization; Poverty; Responsibility; Social attitude; Society

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954929994     PISSN: 09687599     EISSN: 13600508     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09687599.2010.489314     Document Type: Article

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