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Undoing Normal: Performatively Decomposing Compulsory Able-Bodiedness Cover

Undoing Normal: Performatively Decomposing Compulsory Able-Bodiedness

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|Sep 2025

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.16993/sjdr.1245 | Journal eISSN: 1745-3011
Language: English
Page range: 459 - 475
Submitted on: Dec 26, 2024
Accepted on: Aug 7, 2025
Published on: Sep 3, 2025
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

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