“I like to play with my friends”: Children with spina bifida and belonging in Uganda

Social Inclusion

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 127-141

  Bannink, Femke ^a   Idro, Richard ^b   van Hove, Geert ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Daily functioning; Development assistance; Disability; Hydrocephalus; Inclusive education; Poverty; Social discrimination; Spina bifida; Uganda

Indexed keywords

EID: 85006790209     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21832803     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17645/si.v4i1.630     Document Type: Article

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