'Just kids playing sport (in a chair)': experiences of children, families and stakeholders attending a wheelchair sports club

Disability and Society

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 938-952

  Carter, Bernie ^a   Grey, Janette ^a   McWilliams, Elizabeth ^a   Clair, Zoe ^a   Blake, Karen ^a   Byatt, Rachel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

child; disability; leisure; participation; sport; wheelchair

Indexed keywords

EID: 84903317610     PISSN: 09687599     EISSN: 13600508     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09687599.2014.880329     Document Type: Article

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