The promise of liberal learning: Creating a challenging postsecondary curriculum for youth with intellectual disabilities

Focus on Exceptional Children

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1-12

  Carroll, Stuart Z ^a   Blumberg, E Richard ^a   Petroff, Jerry G ^a  

^a The College of New Jersey   (United States)

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EID: 84940363571     PISSN: 0015511X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17161/foec.v40i9.6878     Document Type: Article

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