Literacy, assistive technology, and students with significant disabilities

Focus on Exceptional Children

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1-16

  Erickson, Karen A ^a   Hatch, Penelope ^a   Clendon, Sally ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

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EID: 84940363668     PISSN: 0015511X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17161/foec.v42i5.6904     Document Type: Article

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