Out of the disability closet: Strategic use of perception management by select university students with disabilities

Disability and Society

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 35-50

  Olney, Marjorie F ^a   Brockelman, Karin F ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0037252529     PISSN: 09687599     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/713662200     Document Type: Article

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