Making the grade: College students with visual impairments

Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 261-270

  McBroom, L W ^a  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; COLLEGE STUDENT; DEMOGRAPHY; DISABILITY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEMALE; FINANCE; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORGANIZATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION;

EID: 0030993259     PISSN: 0145482X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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