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Literacy and the Handicapped – Right or Ritual?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 June 2016

Merrill Jackson
Merrill Jackson*
Affiliation:
University of Tasmania
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Abstract

This paper examines a number of studies from England, America and Australia, that deal with the attainment of literacy. Methods of stimulating literacy interest of mildly and moderately retarded children have been developed by the author. The paper concludes with a statement of the author’s belief that the road to literacy is achieved through the manipulation of a number of task dimensions.

Type
Research Article
Information
Australasian Journal of Special Education , Volume 1 , Special Edition s1 , February 1976 , pp. 13 - 16
Copyright
Copyright © The Australian Association of Special Education 1976

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