Hearing the voices of disabled students in higher education

Disability and Society

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 21-32

  Vickerman, Philip ^a   Blundell, Milly ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Consultation; Disabled students; Higher education

Indexed keywords

EID: 74949123813     PISSN: 09687599     EISSN: 13600508     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09687590903363290     Document Type: Article

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