Conceptualizing participation in context for children and youth with disabilities: An activity setting perspective

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 35, Issue 18, 2013, Pages 1578-1585

  King, Gillian ^a   Rigby, Patty ^a,b   Batorowicz, Beata ^c  

^a University of Toronto   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Activity setting; Childhood disability; Environment; Environmental qualities; Experience; Participation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DISABLED PERSON; ENVIRONMENT; HANDICAPPED CHILD; HUMAN; LEISURE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECREATION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; DISABLED CHILDREN; DISABLED PERSONS; ENVIRONMENT; HUMANS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RECREATION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION;

EID: 84881138565     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: 14645165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09638288.2012.748836     Document Type: Review

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