Sociocultural study of intellectual disability: Moving labelling and social constructionist perspectives

British Journal of Learning Disabilities

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 93-104

  Klotz, Jani ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bogdan and Taylor; Disability studies; Edgerton; Goode; Learning disabilities

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876426776     PISSN: 13544187     EISSN: 14683156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3156.2004.00285.x     Document Type: Article

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