TY - SER AU - Gold, Deborah TI - "We don't call it a 'circle'": the ethos of a support group T2 - Disability & Society PY - 1994/// KW - DISABILITY KW - FRIENDSHIPS KW - SUPPORT GROUPS N2 - This paper contains an eight month qualitative study of a group of young adults called a 'circle of friends', in Ontario, Canada. The results of the study increase our understanding of how one such group operates, and the meaning participation has to those involved. As well, we can begin to build a theory about the relationships between friendship and support in such groups ER -