Seeing for ourselves: Producing accessible information for people learning difficulties and visual impairments

British Journal of Learning Disabilities

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 77-82

  Levy, Gill ^a  

^a Royal National Institute of Blind People   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accessible information; Blind; Learning disabilities; Low vision; Partially sighted; Visual impairment

Indexed keywords

EID: 74949139713     PISSN: 13544187     EISSN: 14683156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3156.2005.00343.x     Document Type: Article

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