A Close Look at the Cognitive Play of Preschoolers with Visual Impairments in the Home

Exceptional Children

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 451-462

  Hughes, Margaret ^a   Dote Kwan, Jamie ^b   Dolendo, Janet ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0000904535     PISSN: 00144029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/001440299806400402     Document Type: Article

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