Students’ Voices: How Does Education in Iceland Prepare Young Disabled People for Adulthood?

Dóra S. Bjarnason

doi:10.1080/15017410510032217

Students’ Voices: How Does Education in Iceland Prepare Young Disabled People for Adulthood?

Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research

Volume 7 (2005): Issue 2

By: Dóra S. Bjarnason

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|Dec 2005

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