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Enablement through provision of assistive technology: case reports of two children with physical disabilities
- Authors:
- DALTON Cherie, HOYT-HALLETT Gillian
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 76(2), 2013, pp.108-111.
- Publisher:
- Sage
Using case-reports, this paper explores the occupational deprivation of two 12-year old girls with physical disabilities and the way in which assistive technology was used facilitate occupational engagement and mitigate their experience of occupational deprivation. Prior to receiving their equipment both girls demonstrated a strong desire to connect with others and participate in school, home and the community but were unable do so because of the limitation of their physical skills, The case reports trace their skill development over a period of two years. Once provided with appropriate assistive technology for mobility and communication, each child participated in meaningful occupation, they became more involved at school and their dignity was increased. The authors suggest that these case studies should encourage occupational therapists to consider how occupational deprivation may be reduced through assistive technologies among children with physical disabilities.
No wheelchairs beyond this point: a historical examination of wheelchair access in the Twentieth Century in Britain and America
- Authors:
- WATSON Nick, WOODS Brian
- Journal article citation:
- Social Policy and Society, 4(1), January 2005, pp.97-105.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
On the surface, the wheelchair appears a simple machine: its function seemingly apparent and its workings relatively uncomplicated. Yet, despite this apparent simplicity, the wheelchair is a complex artefact imbued with a myriad of social as well as technical relations that act simultaneously to exclude and include, confine and liberate, shape and be shaped. The wheelchair's inextricable links to injury and illness have certainly shaped its definition as a medical device. Such a definition has labelled the occupier as passive or ill and shaped a wider understanding of the machine as a prison. Wheelchair users, however, perceive the machine as a means to independence: it enables rather than disables. We present evidence here to suggest that this is not a recent phenomenon as we show how wheelchair access has been on the political agenda for disabled people for most of the twentieth century. The paper also examines the role of the wheelchair in the development of this movement, and we suggest that, as the design of the wheelchair improved, so the demand for better access increased. The final section of the paper looks at how poorly the state and its agents understood the issue of access.
Social work practice with people with disabilities in the era of disability rights
- Authors:
- BEAULAURIER Richard L., TAYLOR Samuel H.
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work in Health Care, 32(4), 2001, pp.67-91.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Social workers, especially those in health care and rehabilitation systems, must consider practice changes necessitated by recent legislation and the growing activism of disability rights groups. The authors review from an American perspective, essential elements of the emerging sense of both oppression and empowerment that is occurring for many people with disabilities and groups; consider key aspects of ADA and other pertinent legislation that place new emphases on the self-determination of people with disabilities; and discuss what implications changing practice roles might have for social workers' relationships and patterns of interaction with other professionals in medical, health care and rehabilitation settings. The authors also outline a beginning effort at designing a conceptual framework. This framework may also be useful in work with people who have other long term care needs and chronic conditions.
The role of access groups in facilitating accessible environments for disabled people
- Author:
- IMRIE Rob
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 14(4), July 1999, pp.463-482.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
This article considers the contrasting ways in which disabled people seek to overturn socio-attitudinal, political and physical barriers to their mobility and access requirements in the built environment. It documents how disabled people are attempting to influence the form and content of local authority access practices and policies, through the context and contours of access groups. Concludes by discussing how some of the wider structural and agency-level constraints on disabled people's political and policy interventions in access issues might be removed.
Disabled people have rights: final report on a two year project funded by the Nuffield Provincial Hospitals Trust
- Authors:
- KEEP John, CLARKSON Jill
- Publisher:
- Royal Association for Disability and Rehabilitation
- Publication year:
- 1994
- Pagination:
- 66p.,tables,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Research report focusing on community care provision for disabled people, and in particular on needs assessment and subsequent provision of services, including home care and aids and adaptations. Also looks at legal and financial responsibilities and social services complaints procedures.
The disability rights movement: from charity to confrontation
- Authors:
- FLEISHER Doris Zames, ZAMES Freida
- Publisher:
- Temple University Press
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 278p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, PA
This book, a history of the American disability movement, documents the evolution of attitudes from isolation and charity to confrontation and rights; from sheltered workshops to independent living; from 'cripples' and 'invalids' to people with disabilities. Contents include: deinstitutionalisation and independent living; disability rights legislation; the struggle for change; access to jobs and health care; physician assisted suicide; disability and technology; disabled veterans; education; identity and culture.