A common open space or a digital divide? A social model perspective on the online disability community in China

Disability and Society

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 49-66

  Guo, Baorong ^a,b   Bricout, John C ^a   Huang, Jin ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

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EID: 11844295996     PISSN: 09687599     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0968759042000283638     Document Type: Review

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