Denying claims of discrimination in the Federal Court of Australia: Arguments against the use of native sign language in education

Sign Language Studies

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2007, Pages

  Komesaroff, Linda ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 51249151217     PISSN: 03021475     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/sls.2007.0024     Document Type: Article

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