'I avoid pubs and the student union like the plague': Students with asperger syndrome and their negotiation of university spaces

Children's Geographies

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 39-50

  Madriaga, Manuel ^a  

^a SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ableism; Asperger syndrome; Disabled students; Higher education; Hypersensitivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649633357     PISSN: 14733285     EISSN: 14733277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14733280903500166     Document Type: Article

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