Learning among Older Adults with Lifelong Intellectual Disabilities
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Service providers' perceptions of active ageing among older adults with lifelong intellectual disabilities.
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عنوان ژورنال: Educational Gerontology
سال: 2008
ISSN: 0360-1277,1521-0472
DOI: 10.1080/03601270701883890