Analyzing the impact of disability legislation in Canada and the United States

Journal of Disability Policy Studies

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 205-218

  Burns, Katharina Kovacs ^a   Gordon, Gary L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b Gary Gordon and Associates   (Canada)

Author keywords

Accessibility; Best practices for disabilities; Disabilities literature review; Disability legislation; Universal design

Indexed keywords

EID: 76249110276     PISSN: 10442073     EISSN: 15384802     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1044207309344562     Document Type: Article

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