Monash University David Paterson Umesh Sharma University of Canberra University of Newcastle Editors-in-Chief Michael Arthur-Kelly Issue 2 | December 2019 2 | December | Issue 43 Volume ISSN 2515–0731 Journal of Australasian Special and Inclusive Education Special Education Association of Australian Journal of the

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