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Perspectives in Rehabilitation

Reshaping understandings of disability associated with age-related vision loss (ARVL): incorporating critical disability perspectives into research and practice

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Pages 1990-1998 | Received 20 Nov 2015, Accepted 08 Jul 2016, Published online: 24 Aug 2016

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