Community-level responses to disability and education in Rwanda

International Journal of Disability, Development and Education

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 267-278

  Karangwa, Evariste ^a   Miles, Susie ^b   Lewis, Ingrid ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RWANDA   (Rwanda)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c EENET   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community; Community based rehabilitation; Disability; Education; Genocide; Inclusion; Poverty; Rwanda

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956932466     PISSN: 1034912X     EISSN: 1465346X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1034912X.2010.501183     Document Type: Article

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