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Fitness Exercises: A Leisure Activity for Intellectually Disabled Adults

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 February 2016

Lyn Gow
Lyn Gow*
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University of Wollongong
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The author wishes to thank the dedicated coordinators Pam Kontaratos, Maria Movromattis, Diana Gizzi, Debbie Brown, and Lisa Whitbread who gave so much of their time and energy to the program. Special thanks go to Sandra Doyle, senior co-ordinator who competently undertook the major task of training all other co-ordinators in the exercise routines to a high level of competence.

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Viewpoints and Reports
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Australasian Journal of Special Education , Volume 9 , Issue 1 , May 1985 , pp. 22 - 25
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Copyright © The Australian Association of Special Education 1985

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