Disabled children: The right to feel safe

Child Care in Practice

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 19-34

  Mepham, Sarah ^a  

^a NONE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 77951068566     PISSN: 13575279     EISSN: 1476489X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13575270903368667     Document Type: Article

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