What Is Expressed Through Non-Symbolic Movements in Warm Water? A Phenomenological Study of Embodied Expressivity When People Have Intellectual Disabilities and Additional Diagnoses
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.16993/sjdr.1311 | Journal eISSN: 1745-3011
Language: English
Page range: 728 - 740
Submitted on: May 19, 2025
Accepted on: Nov 13, 2025
Published on: Dec 3, 2025
Published by: Stockholm University Press
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