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The importance of leisure in the lives of persons with congenital physical disabilities.

Abstract

Although occupational therapists emphasize a balance among the three occupational areas of self-care, productivity, and leisure in people's lives, leisure often is focused on less than the other areas in both the research literature and clinical practice. Very little research has been conducted on the benefits of leisure activities in adults with congenital disabilities. The information contained in this article is a secondary analysis of the …

Authors

Specht J; King G; Brown E; Foris C

Journal

American Journal of Occupational Therapy, Vol. 56, No. 4, pp. 436–445

Publisher

AOTA Press

Publication Date

July 1, 2002

DOI

10.5014/ajot.56.4.436

ISSN

0272-9490