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Moving on from ramps?: the utility of the social model of disability for facilitating experiences of nature for disabled children

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Moving on from ramps? the utility of the social model of disability for facilitating experiences of nature for disabled children. / Von Benzon, Nadia.
In: Disability and Society, Vol. 25, No. 5, 2010, p. 617-626.

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