History from the inside: Towards an inclusive history of intellectual disability

Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 273-286

  Atkinson, Dorothy ^a   Walmsley, Jan ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biography; Inclusive history; Institutional histories; Intellectual disability; Life histories; Oral history

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960293301     PISSN: 15017419     EISSN: 17453011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15017410903581205     Document Type: Review

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