Disability and Technology: Building Barriers or Creating Opportunities?

Advances in Computers

Volumn 64, Issue , 2005, Pages 283-346

  Gregor, Peter ^a   Sloan, David ^a   Newell, Alan F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33645918595     PISSN: 00652458     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0065-2458(04)64007-1     Document Type: Review

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