How and why the visually impaired students socially behave the way they do

Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences

Volumn 9, Issue , 2010, Pages 859-863

  Salleh, Norshidah Mohamad ^a   Zainal, Khalim ^b  

^a Department of Educational Foundation   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Social behavior; Social skill; Visual impairment

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951907905     PISSN: 18770428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sbspro.2010.12.249     Document Type: Conference Paper

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