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Normalcy, Intersectionality and Ableism: Teaching About and Around ‘Inclusion’ to Future Educators

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Slater, J., Chapman (Liz), E.L. (2018). Normalcy, Intersectionality and Ableism: Teaching About and Around ‘Inclusion’ to Future Educators. 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_22

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