Disability 'rights' or 'wrongs'? The claims of the international paralympic committee, the London 2012 paralympics and disability rights in the UK

Sociological Research Online

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 164-167

  Braye, Stuart ^a   Gibbons, Tom ^a   Dixon, Kevin ^a  

^a TEESSIDE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

British media; Disabled people; Equality; Paralympics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884222413     PISSN: None     EISSN: 13607804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5153/sro.3118     Document Type: Article

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