The Mentally Handicapped and the Neighbourhood: A Cultural Analysis of Handicap as a Representation
“Handicap” is a word that has come into general use in French to designate impairments and disabilities. The purpose of this article is to examine the representations which give meaning to the notion of handicap in everyday language. It looks at their content and variation according to the ways in w...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Stockholm University Press
2007-11-01
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| Series: | Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research |
| Online Access: | https://www.sjdr.se/articles/263 |