Decolonising disability: Thinking and acting globally

Disability and Society

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 667-682

  Meekosha, Helen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Colonialism; Disability; Global south; Impairment; Indigenous knowledge; Settler societies

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052571293     PISSN: 09687599     EISSN: 13600508     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09687599.2011.602860     Document Type: Article

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