A political economy of learning disabilities

Learning Disability Quarterly

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 149-155

  Skrtic, Thomas M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

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EID: 18944389021     PISSN: 07319487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1593616     Document Type: Article

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