The Nottingham project 'Changing Place' enables those with severe disabilities to use the public facilities most of us take for granted. The team designed a disabled toilet facility for public places such as shopping centres and hospitals, to raise awareness of the lack of available and suitable facilities.
The Nottingham project 'Changing Place' enables those with severe disabilities to use the public facilities most of us take for granted. The team designed a disabled toilet facility for public places such as shopping centres and hospitals, to raise awareness of the lack of available and suitable facilities.
Subject terms:
multiple disabilities, physical disabilities, access to services, building design, disabilities;
Disability and Society, 33(7), 2018, pp.1103-1119.
Publisher:
Taylor and Francis
Disabled artists with physical impairments can experience significant barriers in producing creative work. Digital technologies offer alternative opportunities to support artistic practice, but there has been a lack of research investigating the impact of assistive digital tools in this context. This article explores the current practice of physically impaired visual artists and their experiences around the use of digital technologies. An online survey was conducted with professional disabled artists and followed up by face-to-face interviews with 10 invited artists. The findings illustrate the issues disabled artists experience in their practice and highlight how they are commonly using mainstream digital technologies as part of their practice. However, there is little awareness around novel forms of technology (e.g. eye gaze tracking) that present new creative opportunities. The importance of digital tools for supporting wider practice (i.e. administrative and business tasks) was also highlighted as a key area where further work is required.
(Publisher abstract)
Disabled artists with physical impairments can experience significant barriers in producing creative work. Digital technologies offer alternative opportunities to support artistic practice, but there has been a lack of research investigating the impact of assistive digital tools in this context. This article explores the current practice of physically impaired visual artists and their experiences around the use of digital technologies. An online survey was conducted with professional disabled artists and followed up by face-to-face interviews with 10 invited artists. The findings illustrate the issues disabled artists experience in their practice and highlight how they are commonly using mainstream digital technologies as part of their practice. However, there is little awareness around novel forms of technology (e.g. eye gaze tracking) that present new creative opportunities. The importance of digital tools for supporting wider practice (i.e. administrative and business tasks) was also highlighted as a key area where further work is required.
(Publisher abstract)
Subject terms:
assistive technology, digital technology, disabilities, arts, physical disabilities, visual impairment, access to services;
Practice: Social Work in Action, 17(2), June 2005, pp.127-130.
Publisher:
Taylor and Francis
The article discusses the conception of the Disabled Children's Social Inclusion Service in Leicester. The aim of the service is to focus on the needs of disabled children within the content of their families. The intention of the service is to provide an inclusive service to this vulnerable and, arguably largely unprovided group. There are two basic approaches of the service (1) social activities for disabled children and (2) empowerment through information and support, to enable parents and carers to increase their capacity. This project provides the opportunity for parents and children to work not only together, but separately and in groups.
The article discusses the conception of the Disabled Children's Social Inclusion Service in Leicester. The aim of the service is to focus on the needs of disabled children within the content of their families. The intention of the service is to provide an inclusive service to this vulnerable and, arguably largely unprovided group. There are two basic approaches of the service (1) social activities for disabled children and (2) empowerment through information and support, to enable parents and carers to increase their capacity. This project provides the opportunity for parents and children to work not only together, but separately and in groups.
Subject terms:
parent-child relations, physical disabilities, access to services, children, empowerment, family relations, family support, family therapy;