‘Everybody with Disability Should be Included’: A Qualitative Interview Study of Athletes’ Experiences of Disability Sports Participation Analysed with Ideas of Able-Mindedness
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.16993/sjdr.676 | Journal eISSN: 1745-3011
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Page range: 296 - 306
Submitted on: Sep 30, 2019
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