Is it possible to create a politically engaged, contextual psychology of disability?

Disability and Society

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 161-174

  Watermeyer, Brian ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

internalised oppression; lifelong socialisation; mirroring; psychology of disability; social model

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858188217     PISSN: 09687599     EISSN: 13600508     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09687599.2011.644928     Document Type: Article

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