Disability Design and Branding: Rethinking Disability within the 21st
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Disability Studies Quarterly
سال: 2010
ISSN: 2159-8371,1041-5718
DOI: 10.18061/dsq.v30i2.1247