History from the inside: towards an inclusive history of intellectual disability

Dorothy Atkinson; Jan Walmsley

doi:10.1080/15017410903581205

History from the inside: towards an inclusive history of intellectual disability

Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research

Volume 12 (2010): Issue 4

By: Dorothy Atkinson and Jan Walmsley

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/15017410903581205 | Journal eISSN: 1745-3011

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Language: English

Page range: 273 - 286

Submitted on: May 22, 2009

Accepted on: Oct 4, 2009

Published on: Jun 4, 2010

Published by: Stockholm University Press

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Keywords:

intellectual disability,

biography,

oral history,

life histories,

institutional histories,

inclusive history

© 2010 Dorothy Atkinson, Jan Walmsley, published by Stockholm University Press
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