“School's Not Really a Place for Reading”: A Research Synthesis of the Literate Lives of Students with Severe Disabilities

Research and Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 1-12

  Kliewer, Christopher ^a   Biklen, Douglas ^b  

^a University of Northern Iowa   (South Korea)

^b SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

caring relationship; intimacy; literacy; severe mental retardation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035285278     PISSN: 15407969     EISSN: 21692408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2511/rpsd.26.1.1     Document Type: Article

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