Disabled volunteers : an analysis of the experiences of wheelchair-users who volunteer

Following grounded-theory methodology, this thesis provides an analysis of the volunteering experiences of 47 wheelchair-users. It challenges the traditional image of volunteering which tends to conceptualise non-disabled people as the instigators of voluntary action (the helpers) and disabled peopl...

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Main Author: Andrews, Jane
Published: Aston University 2006
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Online Access:https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.423045