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Awkward Customers? Parents and Provision for Special Educational Needs

NEIL DUNCAN Special Needs and Inclusion in Society, School of Education, University of Wolverhampton, Gorway Road, Walsall, West Midlands, WS1 3BD, UK
Pages 341-356 | Published online: 01 Jul 2010

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