Teenagers with down syndrome in a time of changing policies and practices: Progress of students who were born between 1971 and 1978

International Journal of Disability, Development and Education

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 75-95

  Bochner, Sandra ^a   Pieterse, Moira ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 84976584155     PISSN: 1034912X     EISSN: 1465346X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0156655960430106     Document Type: Article

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