Communicating in virtual worlds through an accessible Web 2.0 solution: (Winner of the inaugural telstra-tja christopher newell prize for the best paper submitted to tja demonstrating the benefits of telecommunications in assisting people with disabilities)

Telecommunications Journal of Australia

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Wood, Denise ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

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EID: 77956364511     PISSN: 00402486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.2104/tja10019     Document Type: Article

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