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Fears for the right to mobility
- Author:
- LENNARD Linda
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 7.3.91, 1991, p.13.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The distribution of wheelchairs and artificial limbs is about to become the responsibility of individual Health Authorities.
Decisions about equipment and adaptations used for bathing and showering
- Author:
- McLAGGAN Joy
- Journal article citation:
- Research Policy and Planning, 31(2), 2014/15, pp.143-160.
- Publisher:
- Social Services Research Group
Bathing and showering equipment and adaptations are commonly prescribed by Occupational Therapists in Adult Services. Despite this very little is known about what affects whether or not these items are used by individuals. With demands increasing it is essential that the experiences, preferences and needs of users are better understood in order that the equipment and adaptations provided are fully utilised and the need of the user met in a client-centred approach. This article details the research ‘Equipment and adaptations used for bathing and showering: views of individuals on their use’ (McLaggan, 2011) which examined: What equipment and/or adaptations do people use for bathing and showering?; Do people utilise all the equipment and/or adaptations they possess?; What affects whether or not people use equipment and/or adaptations? The article will consider the findings from this research in relation to existing research in this field. (Publisher abstract)
What can assistive technology offer disabled adults?
- Author:
- RESEARCH IN PRACTICE FOR ADULTS
- Publisher:
- Research in Practice for Adults
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 6p.
- Place of publication:
- Dartington
This briefing presents an overview of assistive technology and explains how it is a key component of the independence agenda, helping disabled people gain greater control over their social environment.
New DDA duties on property owners and managers
- Authors:
- WILLIAMS Peter J.G., LEVY Daniel
- Journal article citation:
- Access by Design, 106, Spring 2006, pp.6-9.
- Publisher:
- Centre for Accessible Environments
This article looks at one of the new duties of the draft part 3 Code of Practice of the Disability Discrimination Act 2005. The new duty is the duty on landlords to make adjustment to practices, policies and procedures and to letting terms and to provide auxiliary aids and services. The article starts with an overview of the duties on landlords not to discriminate that already apply.
Evaluating the impact of mobility-related assistive technology on the lives of disabled people: a review of outcome measures
- Authors:
- HARRIS Anne, PINNINGTON Lorraine L., WARD Christopher D.
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 68(12), December 2005, pp.553-558.
- Publisher:
- Sage
This research review aimed to assess the adequacy available outcome measures to evaluate the impact of mobility assistive technology on participation. The aim was to assess how these tools measured activity and participation in relation to mobility. Each measure considered some useful aspect of participation, but none took sufficient account of the needs of those with mobility impairments or could evaluate adequately the impact of different technologies. To support client-centred and evidence-based practice, an outcome measure that evaluates the impact of mobility assistive technology on activity and participation is required.
'It's more of a production': accomplishing mothering using a mobility device
- Authors:
- McKEEVER Patricia, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 18(2), March 2003, pp.179-197.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
This qualitative study investigated the conditions and experiences of mothers who used wheelchairs and scooters for full-time mobility. In focused, open-ended interviews, 11 mothers of children aged 6 months to 18 years described sociospatial obstacles and facilitators that influenced how they cared for their children and homes. Results suggest that mothering with a disability consists of embodied and emplaced practices. Women often felt 'out of place' as mothers given the relationship between mothering discourse and mobility devices. Furthermore, the embeddedness of mothering in place meant that the social and material conditions of place served not only as antecedents to mothering challenges, but also structured possible solutions.
A study of the difficulties disabled people have when using everyday consumer products
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Trade and Industry,
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Trade and Industry
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- 92p.,diags.
- Place of publication:
- London
This study aims to identify the nature of the problems that disabled people have with consumer products and to determine what characteristics and capabilities should be measured. It will be used to focus further research aimed at developing suitable strength, physical and cognitive data for use by designers, to assist them to develop everyday products that can be used by as wide a range of disabled people as possible.
Coping with disability
- Author:
- JAY Peggy
- Publisher:
- Disabled Living Foundation
- Publication year:
- 1984
- Pagination:
- 197p., illus., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
When elevators were for pianos: an oral history account of the civilian experience of using wheelchairs in Canadian society. the first twenty-five years: 1945-1970
- Authors:
- TREMBLAY Mary, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 20(2), March 2005, pp.103-116.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
In 1945 Canadian World War II veterans with spinal cord injury were among the first Canadians to have access to medical rehabilitation programmes, the Everest and Jennings folding, self-propelled wheelchair and automobiles with hand-controls. One of the authors has described how the veteran pioneers used these new opportunities to return to full participation in civilian life. Drawing on oral history and archival research, this paper examines the experiences of Canadian civilians with spinal cord injury as they tried to follow the veterans' example. It discusses the strategies these pioneers used to overcome obstacles, such as stairs and curbs, as well as providing examples of their experiences in finding housing, education and employment. The paper reviews the responses individuals received from their fellow citizens and highlights the limited recognition of architectural barriers in an era when elevators were for pianos!
Still lives: narratives of spinal cord injury
- Author:
- COLE Jonathan
- Publisher:
- MIT Press
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 330p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
The author wanted to find out about living in a wheelchair, without having what he calls "the doctor/patient thing" intervene. He has done this by asking people with spinal cord injuries the simple question of what it is like to live without sensation and movement in the body. If the body has absented itself, where does the person reside? He describes his method in the first chapter: "I have gone to people, not with a white coat or a stethoscope...[but] to listen to their lives as they express them," and it is the narratives of twelve people with spinal cord injuries that form the heart of the book. The twelve people with tetraplegia (known as quadriplegia in the US) or paraplegia whose stories he tells testify to similar impairments but widely differing experiences. The author employs their individual responses to shape the book into six main sections: "Enduring," "Exploring," "Experimenting," "Observing," "Empowering," and, finally, "Continuing." Each concludes with a commentary on the broader issues raised. The book moves from a view of impairment as tragedy to reveal the possibilities and richness of experience available to those living with spinal injuries. In exploring the creative and imaginative adjustments required to construct a "still life," it makes a plea for the able-bodied to adjust their view of this most profound of impairments.