People with intellectual disability as neighbours: Towards understanding the mundane aspects of social integration

Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 347-362

  Van Alphen, Laura M ^a   Dijker, Anton J M ^a   Van Den Borne, Bart H W ^a   Curfs, Leopold M G ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Community; Inclusion; Intellectual disability; Neighbourhood; Neighbouring; Qualitative interviewing; Social integration

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650462306     PISSN: 10529284     EISSN: 10991298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/casp.1042     Document Type: Article

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