Taking service providers to court: People with learning disabilities and Part III of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995

British Journal of Learning Disabilities

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 245-251

  Lerpiniere, Jennifer ^a   Stalker, Kirsten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Disability Discrimination Act 1995; Facilities; Part III (Goods; People with learning disabilities; Service providers; Services)

Indexed keywords

EID: 78149472564     PISSN: 13544187     EISSN: 14683156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3156.2009.00595.x     Document Type: Article

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