Teaching students about their disabilities: Increasing self-determination skills and self-concept

International Journal of Special Education

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 137-144

  Campbell Whatley, Gloria D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

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