Considerations of an African childhood disability studies

Disabled Children's Childhood Studies: Critical Approaches in a Global Context

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 152-163

  Chataika, Tsitsi ^a   McKenzie, Judy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

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EID: 84908518615     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1057/9781137008220     Document Type: Chapter

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