Mother and soldier: Raising a child with a disability in a low-income military family

Exceptional Children

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 83-99

  Taylor, Nancy E ^a,b,c   Wall, Shavaun M ^a,b   Liebow, Harriet ^a,b   Sabatino, Christine A ^a   Timberlake, Elizabeth M ^a   Farber, Michaela Z ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA   (United States)

^b Department of Education ^*  (United States)

^c Catholic University   (United States)

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EID: 24144475483     PISSN: 00144029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/001440290507200105     Document Type: Article

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