Mobility-related accidents experienced by people with visual impairment

Insight: Research and Practice in Visual Impairment and Blindness

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 44-54

  Manduchi, Roberto ^a   Kurniawan, Sri ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Assistive technology injuries; Orientation and mobility

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867866823     PISSN: 2157037X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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