'It's about a dialogue...'1 working with people with learning difficulties to develop accessible information

British Journal of Learning Disabilities

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 59-64

  Ward, Linda ^a   Townsley, Ruth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accessibility; Accessible information; Easy information; Partnership working; Plain English; User involvement

Indexed keywords

EID: 54049103590     PISSN: 13544187     EISSN: 14683156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3156.2005.00346.x     Document Type: Article

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