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

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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.
Subjects:
Barrier-free design > United States.
Dwellings > Barrier-free design > United States.
People with disabilities > Rehabilitation > United States.
Environmental psychology > United States.
Architectural Accessibility > United States.
Disabled Persons > rehabilitation > United States.
Environment Design > United States.
Architecture and the physically handicapped > United States.
Architecture et handicapés physiques > États-Unis.
Habitations > Accessibilité aux handicapés physiques > États-Unis.
Handicapés physiques > Réadaptation > États-Unis.
Psychologie de l'environnement > États-Unis.
Behinderung.
Rehabilitation.
Therapieerfolg.
Behindertengerechte Gestaltung.
Behindertengerechtes Bauen.
Soziale Integration.
USA.
Barrier-free design.
Dwellings > Barrier-free design.
Environmental psychology.
People with disabilities > Rehabilitation.
United States.
Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:
  • Theory as a basis for research on enabling environments / Edward Steinfeld and G. Scott Danford
  • Research implications of universal design / Bettye Rose Connell and Jon A. Sanford
  • Space requirements for accessibility : cross-cultural comparisons / Theo J.M. van der Voordt
  • "The enabler" applied to occupational therapy : reliability of a usability rating scale / Susanne Iwarsson and Åke Isacsson
  • Measuring the influences of physical environments on the behaviors of people with impairments / G. Scott Danford and Edward Steinfeld
  • Measuring constraints to inhabitant activities / David B. Lantrip
  • Assessing special care units for dementia : the Professional environmental assessment protocol / Carolyn Norris-Baker, Gerald D. Weisman, M. Powell Lawton, Philip Sloane, and Migette Kaup
  • Using environmental simulation to test the validity of code requirements / Jon A. Sanford and Mary Beth Megrew
  • A day's journey through Life : an assessment game / Ron Sekulski, Louise Jones and Leon A. Pastalan
  • Detection and discrimination of tactile warning signals in field conditions / Edward Steinfeld and Gary Richmond
  • Stigma and architecture / Julia W. Robinson and Travis Thompson
  • Evaluating models and measures of environmental performance / David B. Lantrip
  • Computer simulation of cane techniques used by people with visual impairments for accessibility analysis / Bruce B. Blasch, William R. De L'Aune, and Franklyn K. Coombs
  • Evaluating accessibility through computer-aided design : a software model / Margaret Haley and Julio Bermudez
  • Wayfinding performance by people with visual impairments / Gail Finkel
  • Postoccupancy evaluation of universally accessible multifamily housing units / Patricia L. Falta
  • Selecting person-environment assessment / Barbara Acheson Cooper, Lori Letts, Patricia Rigby, Mary Law, Debra Stewart, and Susan Strong.