The emancipation of visually impaired people in social science research practice

The British Journal of Visual Impairment

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 5-20

  Duckett, Paul ^a   Pratt, Rebekah ^b  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

disability studies; emancipatory research; research design; social model; social policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992805519     PISSN: 02646196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0264619607071771     Document Type: Article

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