Who "owns" dis/ability? the cultural work of critical special educators as insider-outsiders

Theory and Research in Social Education

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 494-513

  Connor, David J ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Disability; Disability studies; Social justice; Special education

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888602903     PISSN: 00933104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00933104.2013.838741     Document Type: Article

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