The Lived Experience of Empowerment and Overprotection on (In)dependent Living of Persons with Intellectual Disability
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.16993/sjdr.1163 | Journal eISSN: 1745-3011
Language: English
Page range: 431 - 444
Submitted on: Jun 14, 2024
Accepted on: Aug 2, 2025
Published on: Aug 22, 2025
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