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Access audit handbook
- Author:
- GRANT Alison
- Publisher:
- Centre for Accessible Environments; RIBA Publishing
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 130p., DVD
- Place of publication:
- London
This is a multimedia planning tool for auditing the accessibility of buildings and services, and writing reports in appropriate formats in the context of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995, funding requirements and best practice in building management. The handbook offers straightforward guidance about undertaking access audits and the various report formats to best communicate recommendations. Practical advice is supported by a range of case studies and an authoritative worked example of a successful report based on a real-life access audit. This is supplemented by a series of up-to-date auditing checklists and a DVD that includes both editable, electronic versions of the checklists and an award-winning film, Access Audits: a planning tool for businesses, which will provide a good understanding of what access audits are, their purpose and how to carry one out.
Planning for disabled people in New Osbaldwick
- Authors:
- SHAW Virginia, BAGGLEY Mark, JARVIS Alison
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation,|York Publishing Services
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 23p.
- Place of publication:
- York
This report makes recommendations about the planning of New Osbaldwick in order to meet their needs. It argues that, taking an inclusive approach to all impairments, and using prevalence rates within the general population, assumptions can be made about the numbers of wheelchair users, people with learning difficulties and mental health problems and so on. This has implications for all aspects of life in New Osbaldwick – including buildings, information and community facilities.
The politics of disability and access: the Sydney 2000 Games experience
- Author:
- DARCY Simon
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 18(6), October 2003, pp.737-757.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
The article examines disability and access issues surrounding the Sydney 2000 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Central to this is an examination of the involvement of the Australian community of people with disabilities [1] within the Games. The Sydney Paralympic Games, in particular, was seen as a possible watershed event for developing accessible infrastructure, and raising awareness of disability and access issues. This paper draws on the official documents of the Games, newspaper accounts and disability organisation reports. The article first examines the major bodies charged with organising the Games, and the planning processes used to incorporate disability and access issues. It then examines a range of critical issues and their relationships with the disability community. Finally, the article provides an analysis of any likely legacies that the 2000 Games may have for Sydney's community of people with disabilities.
The accessibility of public spaces for people with dementia: a new priority for the 'open city'
- Authors:
- BLACKMAN Tim, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 18(3), May 2003, pp.357-371.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
The social model of disability de-medicalises disability and politicises it as an issue of universal rights. However, the rights of people with dementia have been less strongly advocated than those of people with physical disabilities. This is particularly the case with environmental planning and design. The needs of people with dementia are now informing the design of residential homes and day centres, but the issue of accessibility to public spaces and amenities has been almost completely neglected. Many outdoor environments such as shopping centres or parks may be inhospitable for people with dementia because they are disorientating, difficult to interpret and navigate, threatening or distressing. The article reviews the literature on indoor design for dementia, reports on research investigating the accessibility of outdoor environments, and describes a new approach using virtual reality technology to enable people with dementia to identify and test outdoor design and planning improvements themselves.
Rights of passage: young disabled people: the transition from foster care to adult life; a study of young people with learning difficulties
- Author:
- NATIONAL FOSTER CARE ASSOCIATION
- Publisher:
- National Foster care Association
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- 80p.bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Describes what happens to young people with learning difficulties when they leave foster care and make the transition to adults' services. The research based its examination of policy and practice on the experiences and views of young people themselves. Contents include: organisation of services for young disabled persons leaving care; how the research was carried out; case studies; general finding.
Planning and access for disabled people: a good practice guide
- Author:
- DRIVERS JONAS
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Office of the Deputy Prime Minister
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 112p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The primary objective of this guide is to ensure the Town and Country Planning system in England successfully and consistently delivers inclusive environments as an integral part of the development process. An inclusive environment is one that can be used by everyone, regardless of age, gender or disability. This guide: provides guidance, information and examples of good practice, relevant to all participants in the development and planning process local authorities, developers, occupiers, investors, access groups and disability organisations; introduces and explains the relevant legislation and policy frameworks, and in particular how the process of town planning must take a pre-eminent role in delivering inclusive environments; describes how local planning authorities can put in place appropriate planning policies and development control processes and suggests ways in which these can be best implemented and enforced; describes how developers, occupiers and investors can actively contribute to the delivery of inclusive environments; outlines the economic and social benefits of inclusive environments; and signposts other relevant literature and provides useful contacts.
Learning difficulties and ethnicity
- Authors:
- MIR Ghazal, NOCON Andrew, AHMAD Waqar
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 76p.,bibiog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Minority ethnic communities face substantial inequalities and discrimination in employment, education, health and social services. People with learning difficulties from minority ethnic communities experience simultaneous disadvantage in relation to race, impairment and for women, gender. Negative stereotypes and attitudes held by service professionals contribute to the disadvantage they face.
Learning difficulties and ethnicity:summary version
- Authors:
- MIR Ghazal, NOCON Andrew, AHMAD Waqar
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 9p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Minority ethnic communities face substantial inequalities and discrimination in employment, education, health and social services. People with learning difficulties from minority ethnic communities experience simultaneous disadvantage in relation to race, impairment and for women, gender. Negative stereotypes and attitudes held by service professionals contribute to the disadvantage they face.