Recent changes in the proportion of students identified with a disability in Australian schools

Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 172-175

  Dempsey, Ian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; AUSTRALIA; DISABILITY; LEARNING DISORDER; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 3042549372     PISSN: 13668250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13668250410001709511     Document Type: Short Survey

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