Aiming high: The educational and occupational aspirations and of young disabled people

Support for Learning

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 181-186

  Burchardt, Tania ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aspirations; Disability; Education; Employment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84981551171     PISSN: 02682141     EISSN: 14679604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0268-2141.2004.00345.x     Document Type: Article

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