Special or mainstream? The views of disabled students

Research Papers in Education

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 425-442

  Shah, Sonali ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Choices; Disabled; Education; Inclusion; Mainstream; Policy; Special

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951071464     PISSN: 02671522     EISSN: 14701146     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02671520701651128     Document Type: Article

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