Inclusion at a university: experiences of a young woman with Down syndrome

Diane Casale-Giannola1, Michele Wilson Kamens

  • 1Department of Teacher Education, Rider University, 2083 Lawrenceville Rd., Lawrenceville, NJ 08648-3001, USA. dgiannola@rider.edu

Mental Retardation
|September 15, 2006
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