Leisure participation for school-aged children with Down syndrome

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 33, Issue 19-20, 2011, Pages 1880-1889

  Oates, Alinta ^a,b   Bebbington, Ami ^b   Bourke, Jenny ^b   Girdler, Sonya ^a   Leonard, Helen ^b  

^a EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Disability and Health, leisure, participation; Down syndrome; friendships; International Classification of Functioning

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DOWN SYNDROME; FAMILY; FEMALE; FRIEND; HANDICAPPED CHILD; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LEISURE; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCHOOL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISABLED CHILDREN; DOWN SYNDROME; FAMILY; FEMALE; FRIENDS; HUMANS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; MALE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SCHOOLS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 80052050035     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: 14645165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09638288.2011.553701     Document Type: Article

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