Disability and the education system

Future of Children

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 97-122

  Avon, Laudan ^a   Loprest, Pamela ^b  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United States)

^b URBAN INSTITUTE   (United States)

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EID: 84862089668     PISSN: 10548289     EISSN: 15501558     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/foc.2012.0007     Document Type: Article

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