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The ‘Disability Commons’: Re-thinking Mothering Through Disability

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    Transition is the term used in policy in England to describe the period of time in which disabled young people enter adult services in health, education and social care.

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Runswick-Cole, K., Goodley, D. (2018). The ‘Disability Commons’: Re-thinking Mothering Through Disability. In: Runswick-Cole, K., Curran, T., Liddiard, K. (eds) The Palgrave Handbook of Disabled Children’s Childhood Studies. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-54446-9_16

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