Friendship and Adults With Profound Intellectual and Multiple Disabilities and English Disability Policy

Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 197-206

  Hughes, Rachel Parry ^a   Redley, Marcus ^a   Ring, Howard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

England; Friendship; Intellectual disability; Policy; Profound intellectual and multiple disabilities

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052603263     PISSN: 17411122     EISSN: 17411130     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-1130.2011.00310.x     Document Type: Article

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