Relationships matter: Addressing stigma among children and youth with intellectual disabilities and their peers

Intellectual Disability and Stigma: Stepping Out from the Margins

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 149-164

  Carter, Erik W ^a   Biggs, Elizabeth E ^a   Blustein, Carly L ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Children and youth; Peer relationships; Peers; School based interventions; Social relationships

Indexed keywords

EID: 85017617905     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1057/978-1-137-52499-7_10     Document Type: Chapter

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