Mediating Community Participation: Practice of Support Workers in Initiating, Facilitating or Disrupting Encounters between People with and without Intellectual Disability

Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 307-318

  Bigby, Christine ^a   Wiesel, Ilan ^b  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Community participation; Encounter; People with intellectual disability; Social inclusion; Support workers practice

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CONSUMER; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; MALE; MENTAL PATIENT; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADULT; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; HUMANS; INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY; MALE; MENTALLY DISABLED PERSONS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 84931573450     PISSN: 13602322     EISSN: 14683148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jar.12140     Document Type: Article

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