Teaching the 'invisible' disabled students in the classroom: Disclosure, inclusion and the social model of disability

Teaching in Higher Education

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 229-239

  Matthews, Nicole ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Disability Discrimination Act; Disabled students; Disclosure; Inclusion; Induction; Sisability

Indexed keywords

EID: 68249146077     PISSN: 13562517     EISSN: 14701294     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13562510902898809     Document Type: Article

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