Linguistic rights of the deaf: struggling against disabling pedagogy in education

Australian Journal of Human Rights

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 59-78

  Komesaroff, L R ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 3042770030     PISSN: 1323238X     EISSN: 2573573X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1323238X.2000.11911027     Document Type: Article

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