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Special Education and Visual Arts Learning

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 February 2016

Peter Wilson*
Affiliation:
NSW Department of Education

Extract

Art is for all human beings, including the handicapped. Visual Arts Education is able to provide an expressive form for communication, socialisation, creativity, self-expression, self-exploration and manipulation of the environment.

Type
Viewpoints and Reports
Copyright
Copyright © The Australian Association of Special Education 1984

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