“You know, kids don’t come out in a cookie-cutter” : disability and other processes mothers of ‘labelled’ children negotiate in the educational playing field.

This thesis examines how mothers of children labeled ‘learning disabled’ negotiate with educational professionals as advocates for their children. Previous scholarship has not adequately addressed the role that parents, particularly mothers of children labeled ‘learning disabled’ play in the educati...

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Main Author: Cohen, Leamore
Language:English
Published: University of British Columbia 2008
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/2759