The Politics of Disability and Access: The Sydney 2000 Games experience

Disability and Society

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 737-757

  Darcy, Simon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

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EID: 0242350897     PISSN: 09687599     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0968759032000119497     Document Type: Review

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