Enabling environments : measuring the impact of environment on disability and rehabilitation /

This collection focuses on methods for measuring the role of the physical environment in the disablement process and the limitations of current theory, knowledge, and research in the field. Linking the chapters is a new paradigm of research on accessibility, which emphasizes that disability is both...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Steinfeld, Edward, Danford, G. Scott
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, [1999]
Series:Plenum series in rehabilitation and health.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:This collection focuses on methods for measuring the role of the physical environment in the disablement process and the limitations of current theory, knowledge, and research in the field. Linking the chapters is a new paradigm of research on accessibility, which emphasizes that disability is both a social and an individual process and is consistent with recent developments in a disability rights, rehabilitation practice, and environmental design.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xvi, 418 pages) : illustrations.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781461548416 (electronic bk.)
1461548411 (electronic bk.)