Improving Accessibility for People with Disabilities: A Case Study on Inclusive Beach Tourism*

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Diego Mayordomo-Martinez ◽  
Juan-Carlos Sanchez-Aarnoutse ◽  
Khalil Merzoukid ◽  
Manuel Garcia-Hernandez ◽  
Juan M. Carrillo-de-Gea ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Beach Tourism

How Do People with Disabilities Consider Fire Safety and Evacuation Possibilities in Historical Buildings?—A Swedish Case Study

2010 ◽  
Vol 48 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-41 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kecklund Lena ◽  
Andrée Kristin ◽  
Bengtson Staffan ◽  
Willander Sara ◽  
Siré Elena
Keyword(s):  
Fire Safety ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Historical Buildings

Taxing Disability: A Critical Look into the Medical Cannabis Regime under the New Cannabis Act, 2018

2021 ◽  
Vol 55 (2) ◽  
pp. 436-457
Author(s):  
Rachel Rohr
Keyword(s):  
Medical Marijuana ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Sales Tax ◽  
Medical Cannabis ◽  
Access To Medicine ◽  
Excise Tax ◽  
Insight Into ◽  
Medical Regime ◽  
Taxation Scheme

Medical marijuana users represent many people with disabilities in Canada. Recent legislative attempts have allowed people with disabilities to access cannabis as medicine, however the landscape is ever changing. The Cannabis Act was recently introduced, legalizing marijuana for all; however, people with disabilities have not been accounted for when it comes to the issue of access to medicine. Those who rely on cannabis as medicine and those who enjoy it recreationally are now part of the same system, for better or worse. The new medical marijuana regime, under the new Cannabis Act, boasts a “two-stream” process, and it claims that it will be maintaining and improving the old medical regime alongside the new recreational regime. The applicable taxes tell a different story. Medical marijuana has always been subject to sales tax despite being effectively prescribed by doctors to manage and treat many disabilities and illnesses. Now, with the enactment of the Cannabis Act, medical marijuana is subject to an excise tax too—colloquially known as the “sin tax.” Recreational and medical marijuana are subject to the same taxation scheme, making any notion of a “two-stream” process nonsensical and blatantly unfair. The purpose of this article is to provide insight into the varying faults concerning the medical marijuana regime in Canada, with specific emphasis on the issue of taxation. In the simplest terms, taxing medical marijuana is taxing medicine and effectively taxing people with disabilities. Broken down into five parts, this article discusses the underlying reasons for the taxes surrounding medical marijuana, provides a case study of the most important tax case for medical marijuana users, scrutinizes the lack of recognition of medical marijuana as a proper prescription, outlines the ways to improve legislation, and, finally, explores a potential Charter challenge that can be effectively brought against this taxation.

‘I love my body’: Depictions of sex and romance in disability music culture

Sexualities ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 350-363
Author(s):  
Anthea Skinner
Keyword(s):  
Body Image ◽  
Political Correctness ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Music Culture ◽  
Mainstream Media ◽  
Governmental Policy ◽  
Cultural Expectations ◽  
Music Scene ◽  
The Disabled

The international disability music scene is a thriving musical subculture consisting of performers self-identifying as disabled who use their performances to explore experiences of living with disability. As a genre predominantly written by, about and for people with disabilities, it provides a space for discourse about life with disability which is largely unmediated by governmental policy, political correctness or able-bodied facilitators. As such, it is a medium through which people with disability are free to express opinions about sex and romance rarely seen in mainstream media. This article examines the ways in which the topics of sexuality and romance are explored within disability music culture. It will focus on four case study songs, I Love My Body (1988) by Johnny Crescendo, Vagina Ain’t Handicapped (2011) by Laura Martinez, Def Deaf Girls (2012) by Sean Forbes and No Goodbyes (2012) by Rory Burnside and Rohan Brooks from Rudely Interrupted. These four songs will be used to explore the themes of body image, cultural expectations of the disabled body, the benefits of dating fellow members of the disability community and relationships. This article also draws on the author’s own experience as a person with disability and a musician in a band that regularly performs on the disability music scene.

Linguistic record of suffering in pain disease (Wallenberg syndrome) in “The Diary without vowels” by Aleksander Wat

Physiotherapy ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hanna Jaxa-Rożen
Keyword(s):  
Power Relations ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Holistic Approach ◽  
Physical Pain ◽  
Mental Pain ◽  
Wallenberg Syndrome ◽  
Raising Awareness ◽  
The Asymmetry

AbstractThe elaboration is rooted in the humanities, it constitutes a so-called case study and it suits the discussion on the significance of psychosocial, biographic and axiological factors in the study of people with disabilities. The Diary by Aleksander Wat, a poet and intellectualist constitutes an extraordinary and the only such mature testimony of suffering written in Polish, a linguistic record of pain in Wallenberg syndrome. Raising awareness and the holistic approach to disability is particularly important if rehabilitation is almost impossible. Apart from physical pain, mental pain is equally significant, and a physiotherapist with their compassion and understanding can significantly alleviate suffering of the patient and their loved ones. In the elaboration significance of the humanistic coefficient is highlighted, the application of which in the rehabilitation interaction protects both sides of the contact from the asymmetry of power relations.

scholarly journals A Method to Develop Accessible Online Serious Games for People with Disabilities: A Case Study

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (22) ◽  
pp. 9584
Author(s):  
Angel Jaramillo-Alcázar ◽  
Paz Cortez-Silva ◽  
Marco Galarza-Castillo ◽  
Sergio Luján-Mora
Keyword(s):  
Video Games ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Serious Games ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Serious Game ◽  
The Other ◽  
Smart Devices ◽  
Learning Tools ◽  
Teaching Tools

Video games that are used as teaching tools are called serious games. However, there is an important factor that is not usually considered in the design of serious games— the inclusion of people with disabilities. Inclusion can be reached only if accessibility takes on an important role for all. On the other hand, new trends have resulted in different smart devices being used in classrooms. These devices also allow for applications, such as serious games, to be used to support people’s learning process. Despite this, these applications are generally not multi-platform and do not usually consider accessibility features for people with disabilities. This paper proposes a method to develop accessible online serious games that consider people with disabilities as potential users. The method is applied in the case study of an online serious game that teaches about the architecture of a computer in a fun and entertaining way. The method also presents and describes several guidelines to improve online serious game accessibility for people with disabilities. Finally, tests are conducted with some users to gather information about the online serious game and the accessibility features included. This study has important implications for the development of learning tools that consider people with disabilities.

scholarly journals Universal Design of Transportation Systems: A Case Study of Access and Mobility of People with Disabilities at Selected Intersections in Dar es Salaam

2010 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
pp. 48-59
Author(s):  
Nurdin K. Mushule
Keyword(s):  
Universal Design ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Dar Es Salaam ◽  
Transportation Systems ◽  
Clearance Time ◽  
Mental Abilities ◽  
Guidance Systems

The pedestrian facilities at intersections must be usable by pedestrians of all ages and capabilities. Intersections in particular must be designed to safely accommodate pedestrians of all ages and physical and mental abilities. Often, however, intersection designs fail to accommodate people with visual and mobility disabilities. In this regard, forpedestrians with disabilities, intersections can prove to be a challenge. Some of those challenges include provision of insufficient pedestrian clearance time due to use of inappropriate design pedestrian speed. Most importantly, the required facilities to enable People With Disabilities (PWD) to use the intersection without hindrance may be missing.Obstacles such as uneven surfaces, unstable surfaces, nonexistent curb ramps, road crossings, changes in height of sidewalks, nonexistent guidance systems, obstructions, vegetation overhanging sidewalks, poles in the sidewalk, holes, etc. can all be remedied. This paper presents the results of the study which was carried out in Dar es Salaam toevaluate the extent to which the design of intersections satisfies the mobility and access needs of people with disabilities. The results indicate that the design of 20 major intersections in Dar es Salaam, mostly does not pay due attention to the needs of PWD.

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