How is a sense of well-being and belonging constructed in the accounts of autistic adults?

Disability and Society

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 520-534

  Milton, Damian ^a   Sims, Tara ^a  

^a LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autism; belonging; thematic analysis; well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 84973140823     PISSN: 09687599     EISSN: 13600508     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09687599.2016.1186529     Document Type: Article

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