Teaching normalcy, learning disability - the risky business of special education : exploring the retrospective reflections of schooling experiences by learning disabled post-secondary students

Although the policies and practices of special education are openly constructed around a premise of mobility and opportunity, students from low income backgrounds (‘at risk’ youth) are twice as likely to be labeled “special.” Moreover, of all the special educational categories, learning disabilities...

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Main Author: Brown, Sheena Louise
Language:English
Published: University of British Columbia 2008
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/704