Couple relationships as perceived by people with intellectual disability — implications for quality of life and self-conceptFootnote^*

^*Presented at the 6th Israeli Interdisciplinary Conference of Qualitative Research. Qualitative research in action. (February 4–6 2014- Ben-Gurion University, Israel)

Presented at the 6th international coference on Teacher Education. Changing Reality through Education. (July 2–4 2013- David Yellin Academic Colege of Education, Israel)

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