Promoting social inclusion through building bridges and bonds

Understanding and Promoting Access for People with Learning Difficulties: Seeing the Opportunities and Challenges of Risk

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 124-139

  McConkey, Roy ^a   Collins, Suzanne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL GROUP OF HOSPITALS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 77954702972     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203092125     Document Type: Chapter

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