Inclusive education and the cultural representation of disability and disabled people: Recipe for disaster or catalyst of change? An examination of non-disabled primary school children's attitudes to children with disabilities

Research in Education

Volumn , Issue 77, 2007, Pages 56-76

  Hodkinson, Alan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Disability; Inclusion; Special educational needs (SEN)

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547165452     PISSN: 00345237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7227/rie.77.5     Document Type: Article

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