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School-aged children and young people who live with serious health conditions face challenging educational as well as health issues in Australia. Through consideration of ways in which social inclusion, disability and education policy are enacted at the intersection of health and education, this chapter examines educational possibility for these young people.
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White, J. (2015). Learning in ‘No Man’s Land’. In: Riele, K.t., Gorur, R. (eds) Interrogating Conceptions of “Vulnerable Youth” in Theory, Policy and Practice. Innovations and Controversies: Interrogating Educational Change. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-121-2_7
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