Paralympics 2012 legacy: Accessible housing and disability equality or inequality?

Disability and Society

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 129-133

  Ahmed, Nadia ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

accessibility; accessible housing; disability living allowance; diversity; equality; fraud; lip service; London; Paralympics 2012

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871140437     PISSN: 09687599     EISSN: 13600508     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09687599.2012.739367     Document Type: Article

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