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- ↑ "Welcome to Camphill Village Svetlana". Camphillsvetlana.org. Retrieved 2012-03-16.
- ↑ Report Demonstrates Standards of Excellence at Aberdeen Special Needs School Archived 2007-11-14 at the Wayback Machine , press release, 12 September 2007. Retrieved on 2008-03-28.
- ↑ Archived November 23, 2009, at the Wayback Machine