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Editorial

Assistive technology access and service delivery in resource-limited environments: introduction to a special issue of Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology

Mark HarnissDepartment of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA, Correspondence[email protected]
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Deepti Samant RajaBurton Blatt Institute, Syracuse University, Washington, DC, USA,
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Rebecca MatterCenter for Technology and Disability Studies, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA, and ;School of Public Health and Family Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
Pages 267-270 | Received 06 Apr 2015, Accepted 07 Apr 2015, Published online: 08 May 2015

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