Trapped in our past: The price we have to pay for our cultural disability inheritance

International Journal of Inclusive Education

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 565-579

  Symeonidou, Simoni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

Culture; Cyprus; Disability; Inclusive education

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350002333     PISSN: 13603116     EISSN: 14645173     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13603110801972069     Document Type: Article

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