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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.
Speak for yourself
- Author:
- FORD James
- Publisher:
- SCOPE
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- 38p.,list of orgs.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Disabled people continue to campaign to get their voices heard and have their views properly represented. People with a communication impairment face an even greater challenge to make themselves understood. This report explains that with the right communication aids disabled people can develop socially and achieve in education and work. In the report disabled people identify good and bad experiences they have had in obtaining and using devices, and recommendations for change are made.
Side by side: guidelines for inclusive play
- Author:
- SCOTT Rachel
- Publisher:
- Kidsactive
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- 68p.,list of orgs.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Looks at the inclusion and participation of disabled children in play environments and provides practical advice on how to establish and run an inclusive play project. Discusses the right to play, theories about disability and inclusion and describes the projects run by Kidsactive. Explains how to set up a project, the physical requirements of the environment, and staff and training.
The market potential for smart homes
- Authors:
- PRAGNELL Mark, SPENCE Lorna, MOORE Roger
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- 38p.,diags.
- Place of publication:
- York
Looks at whether there is a potential mass market for technology to improve home care for elderly and disabled people. Surveys consumers' attitudes and finds that there is a potential market, providing the price is right, although potential manufacturers so far show little interest. Suggests that future technological advances and scale economies from the American market may encourage development in this area.
Freedom of expression: communication aids for disabled children
- Author:
- HOWELLS Sophie
- Journal article citation:
- Childright, 171, November 2000, p.16.
- Publisher:
- Children's Legal Centre
Reports on the results of a survey carried out by Scope, the UK's leading disability organisation, on the provision of communication aids for disabled children. Includes a number of specific recommendations for Government.
Specialist centres should provide integrated equipment services
- Author:
- -
- Journal article citation:
- Care Plan, 6(4), June 2000, pp.37-40.
- Publisher:
- Positive Publications/ Anglia Polytechnic University, Faculty of Health and Social Work
Summarises the findings and recommendations of the Audit Commissions report 'Fully equipped: the provision of equipment to older or disabled people by the NHS and social services in England and Wales'.
Consulting with children whose impairments affect their communication
- Author:
- CHILDREN IN SCOTLAND
- Publisher:
- Children in Scotland
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- 4p.list of orgs.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
This factsheet summarises the main systems of communication in current use in the UK for children and young people with communication difficulties and provides a brief explanation of them. These systems come under the overall heading of Augmentative and Alternative Communication, a term which refers to any method of communicating that supplements the ordinary methods of speech and handwriting, where these are impaired. The factsheet covers technical aids, signing systems, symbol systems and tactile systems.