Sign of our times? Revis(it)ing the International Symbol of Access

Disability and Society

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 489-505

  Ben Moshe, Liat ^a   Powell, Justin J W ^b  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

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EID: 34547532556     PISSN: 09687599     EISSN: 13600508     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09687590701427602     Document Type: Article

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