Building access for the intellectually disabled

Facilities

Volumn 26, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 117-130

  Castell, Lindsay ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Building specifications; Disabilities; Discrimination in employment; Laws

Indexed keywords

EID: 39749203630     PISSN: 02632772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02632770810849463     Document Type: Article

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