Normalisation and Beyond: Public Sector Residential Care 1965-1990

Publication Resource Details

In
Under blue skies : the social construction of intellectual disability in Western Australia
Author
Stella, Leonie
Secondary Author
Errol Cocks
Publication Date
1996
Publisher
Centre for Disability Research and Development, Faculty of Health and Human Sciences, Edith Cowan University
Place Published
Perth
Page Numbers
92-136
URL
https://ro.ecu.edu.au/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=8115&context=ecuworks

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