Being there is not enough: Inclusion is both deaf and hearing

Deafness and Education International

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 88-100

  Komesaroff, Linda R ^a   McLean, Margaret A ^b  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Ableism; Deaf education; Inclusion; Native sign language; Special needs education

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745832682     PISSN: 14643154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dei.192     Document Type: Article

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