Promoting prosocial beliefs and behaviour towards people with disabilities in Nepal, through a children's entertainment-education programme

Asia Pacific Disability Rehabilitation Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 22-37

  Strong, Deborah A ^a   Brown, William J ^b  

^a Nepal Disability Relief Foundation   (Nepal)

^b REGENT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Children's television; Entertainment education; Nepal; People with disabilities; Role models

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857681629     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22115242     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5463/DCID.v22i2.33     Document Type: Article

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