Comparing transition expectations of young people with moderate learning disabilities with other vulnerable youth and with their non-disabled counterparts

Disability and Society

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 473-488

  Caton, Sue ^a   Kagan, Carolyn ^a  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 34547540980     PISSN: 09687599     EISSN: 13600508     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09687590701427586     Document Type: Article

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