Using Discourse Analysis to Study the Experiences of Women with Learning Disabilities

Disability and Society

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 779-795

  Scior, Katrina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0242350894     PISSN: 09687599     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0968759032000119514     Document Type: Article

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