How we like to live when we have the chance

British Journal of Learning Disabilities

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 123-127

  Deguara, Marthese ^a   Jelassi, Omar ^a   Micallef, Brian ^a   Callus, Anne Marie ^a  

^a Bugeia Institute   (Malta)

Author keywords

Empowerment issues; Learning (intellectual) disabilities; Research

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861441514     PISSN: 13544187     EISSN: 14683156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3156.2012.00743.x     Document Type: Article

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