Risky bodies in risky spaces: Disabled people's pursuit of outdoor leisure

Disability and Society

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1059-1073

  Burns, Nicola ^a   Watson, Nick ^a   Paterson, Kevin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

disabled people; edgework; identity; outdoors; psycho emotional disablism; risk

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888024725     PISSN: 09687599     EISSN: 13600508     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09687599.2012.749180     Document Type: Article

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