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Access is coming home
- Author:
- HODGKINSON Conrad
- Journal article citation:
- Access by Design, 97, Winter 2003, pp.21-24.
- Publisher:
- Centre for Accessible Environments
Looks at the Accessible Property Register, a new resource available on the Internet for disabled people looking to buy, rent or sell accessible or adapted housing.
'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.
Delivering adaptations: good practice system review checklist
- Authors:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Office of the Deputy Prime Minister
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 7p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This checklist is provided to assist partner agencies in a locality working together to deliver an effective adaptation service. It is aimed both at those responsible for planning and designing the system and those responsible for service delivery. It will also be helpful to service users and their advocates in shaping their expectations of the service they receive.
Open season
- Author:
- MORGAN Brian
- Journal article citation:
- Health Service Journal, 24.04.03, 2003, pp.26-27.
- Publisher:
- Emap Healthcare
Every health care trust is required to conduct an audit of disability access at its premises. This article considers the less obvious things to take into account, and how staff can be made aware of the key issues.
Gowrings Mobility smooth ride guide: United Kingdom
- Author:
- RAMSEY July
- Publisher:
- Gowrings Mobility
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 436p.
- Place of publication:
- Ferneux Pelham
A UK travel guide for people with mobility difficulties and wheelchair users including attractions, accommodation and leisure and sporting facilities which meet the stringent national accessibility criteria. All inclusions have been accessed to ensure they continue to meet the national accessibility criteria.
Home adaptations: user perspectives on the role of professionals
- Authors:
- PICKING Clare, PAIN Helen
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 66(1), January 2003, pp.2-8.
- Publisher:
- Sage
Reports on a study which asked people with disabilities whether they believed that they received appropriate professional support, information and practical help when adapting their homes and which sought to learn more about their feelings about the adaptation process. A qualitative research method, using three focus groups in different geographical areas, was carried out with a purposive sample of participants who had received adaptations to their homes and had been assisted by their local authorities. The study suggested that when problems arose or delays were experienced during the building process, an occupational therapist was not the only appropriate professional to provide support. The study also suggested that, given sufficient information and choice, some people with disabilities preferred to organise their own adaptations, could manage with minimal professional intervention and should be empowered to do so.
Digital disability: the social construction of disability in new media
- Authors:
- GOGGIN Gerard, NEWELL Christopher
- Publisher:
- Roman and Littlefield
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 182p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Oxford
Media representation of and for the disabled has been recharged in recent years with the expansion of new media worldwide. Interactive digital communications - such as the Internet, new varieties of voice and text telephones, and digital broadcasting - have created a need for a more innovative understanding of new media and disability issues. This analysis offers a global perspective on how people with disabilities are represented as users, consumers, viewers or listeners of new media, by policymakers, corporations, programmers and the disabled themselves.
The impact of Part M on the design of new housing
- Author:
- JOSEPH ROWNTREE FOUNDATION
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- York
Part M of the Building Regulations requires housebuilders to construct new housing to standards that enable disabled people, particularly wheelchair users and those with mobility or ambulant impairments, to visit a house and have access to a groundfloor living space and toilet. It also seeks to enable occupiers to cope better with any reduction in their mobility. There is, however, little or no information about the impact of the regulation on the design of new dwellings. This study, researched the attitudes of builders and building control officers towards Part M and how the regulation is being interpreted and applied.
Delivering adaptations: desk guide; a consultation paper
- Authors:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Stationery Office,|Great Britain. Office of the Deputy Prime Minister
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 50p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The principal aim of this document is to offer advice to local authorities on how they can establish a first class service which can deliver adaptations to the homes of disabled people in order to meet their needs and statutory entitlements. The document sets out: the key principles which should lie at the heart of designing an adaptations service; the legislative context underlying the requirement to provide the service; and the key components required to make an adaptations service fit for purpose.
Slow climb for equipment
- Authors:
- SALT Ian, MAPSTONE Nick
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 17.07.03, 2003, pp.38-40.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
A major effort is underway to improve the provision of equipment for older people and disabled people. In response to the Audit Commission report 'Fully Equipped' the government provided new money for community equipment services, set new service targets, and also set up the national Integration of Community Equipment Service (ICES) team to support the efforts of local services. Describes progress so far.