International human rights to early intervention for infants and young children with disabilities: Tools for global advocacy

Infants and Young Children

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 270-285

  Brown, Sharan E ^a   Guralnick, Michael J ^b  

^a Center on Human Development and Disability   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

early intervention; global advocacy; UN Conventions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865785740     PISSN: 08963746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IYC.0b013e318268fa49     Document Type: Article

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