'Choice biography' and the importance of the social

British Journal of Learning Disabilities

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 159-165

  Small, Neil ^a   Pawson, Nicole ^a   Raghavan, Raghu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Learning disabilities; Social theory; Transition; Young people

Indexed keywords

EID: 4344619645     PISSN: 13544187     EISSN: 14683156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3156.2003.00252.x     Document Type: Article

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