Access all areas: The use of symbols in public spaces

Understanding and Promoting Access for People with Learning Difficulties: Seeing the Opportunities and Challenges of Risk

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 57-68

  Abbott, Chris ^a   Detheridge, Cate ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

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EID: 84905212538     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203092125     Document Type: Chapter

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