scholarly journals Social exclusion of people with disabilities in the local community. Barrier-free architecture on the example of Rehabilitation and Leisure Center in Okuninka, Poland

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 59-68
Author(s):  
Agnieszka Chęć-Małyszek
Keyword(s):  
Social Exclusion ◽  
Local Community ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Social Barriers ◽  
Psychological Barriers ◽  
The Disabled ◽  
Therapeutic Element ◽  
Barrier Free

The main barriers to the exclusion of people with disabilities from society are architectural, urban and social barriers of all kinds. Adapting areas and buildings to the needs of people with disabilities is one way of combating social exclusion and an important therapeutic element. In this paper the problem of social exclusion of people with disabilities due to architectural and psychological barriers (social prejudices) has been addressed. The Rehabilitation and Recreation Centre in Okuninka served as an example of a place fully adapted to the needs of the disabled, called barrier-free architecture.

scholarly journals THE SOCIAL EXCLUSION OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES FROM TERTIARY EDUCATION – TARGETING BARRIERS DEPENDING ON THE TYPE OF DISABILITY BASED ON THE FINDINGS OF A QUALITATIVE STUDY

2019 ◽  
pp. 015
Author(s):  
Aleksandra Nikolajević
Keyword(s):  
Social Exclusion ◽  
Tertiary Education ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Persons With Disabilities ◽  
Social Barriers ◽  
The Social ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
Specific Barriers ◽  
Insight Into ◽  
Education Process

In this paper, we primarily dealt with the low representation of persons with disabilities in the tertiary education system and targeted specific barriers that keep people with disabilities outside the tertiary education process. The mentioned problem was approached from the perspective of social exclusion and one of the main tasks of the conducted research was to gain insight into the types of barriers that affect persons with different types of disabilities depending on their student status (they did not enroll at a university, they discontinued their studies, they are currently studying, they have completed their studies). The results were gained by conducting in-depth interviews covering all the mentioned categories of persons with disabilities. The results of the research point to the existence of numerous obstacles that people with disabilities face in the process of acquiring tertiary education. It has turned out that the surveyed persons with disabilities face insurmountable obstacles in the form of architectural, institutional and social barriers, depending on the type of disability and their social environment.

scholarly journals Enabling engagement: an exploration of accessibility planning from Berlin to Toronto

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacky Hao-Kit Li
Keyword(s):  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Research Paper ◽  
Social Barriers ◽  
Vulnerable Communities ◽  
Free Spaces ◽  
Planning Policies ◽  
Barrier Free

The Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) is a landmark piece of legislation that removes both physical and social barriers faced by people with disabilities. This Act will make Ontario fully accessible to people with disabilities by 2025 through the development of accessibility standards, all while changing the perceptions of accessibility and people with disabilities. This research paper will explore accessibility planning in Toronto. Given that planners work in communicative roles, there is little direction in AODA that discuss engagement activities. Planners must utilize a mix of high- and low-tech methods when engaging with vulnerable communities, especially with people with disabilities. A case study of methods and planning policies in Berlin, Germany is presented to illustrate strong efforts in designing barrier-free spaces. Examples from Berlin will be then compared to Toronto’s efforts in addressing issues of accessibility and engagement with people with disabilities.

scholarly journals Enabling engagement: an exploration of accessibility planning from Berlin to Toronto

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacky Hao-Kit Li
Keyword(s):  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Research Paper ◽  
Social Barriers ◽  
Vulnerable Communities ◽  
Free Spaces ◽  
Planning Policies ◽  
Barrier Free

The Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) is a landmark piece of legislation that removes both physical and social barriers faced by people with disabilities. This Act will make Ontario fully accessible to people with disabilities by 2025 through the development of accessibility standards, all while changing the perceptions of accessibility and people with disabilities. This research paper will explore accessibility planning in Toronto. Given that planners work in communicative roles, there is little direction in AODA that discuss engagement activities. Planners must utilize a mix of high- and low-tech methods when engaging with vulnerable communities, especially with people with disabilities. A case study of methods and planning policies in Berlin, Germany is presented to illustrate strong efforts in designing barrier-free spaces. Examples from Berlin will be then compared to Toronto’s efforts in addressing issues of accessibility and engagement with people with disabilities.

Eyblism and the Social Environment in Theory and Practice

2020 ◽  
pp. 25-31
Author(s):  
N. N. Khomutova ◽  
K. A. Vizner ◽  
S. A. Makhortova ◽  
S. N. Chudievich
Keyword(s):  
Social Environment ◽  
Social Problem ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Social Survey ◽  
Good Level ◽  
The Social ◽  
Free Environment ◽  
Barrier Free

The problem of the discrimination of people with disabilities remains being an urgent social problem. Misunderstanding of the meaning of this problem by others results in a situation when invalid’s level of life cannot be equal to a healthy person’s level of life. This article raises the issue of ableism in order to explore the idea of barrier-free environment integration. The results of a social survey are demonstrating a good level of respondent’s awareness concerning this problem and their will to participate in a discussion and taking of measures for the integration of a barrier-free environment with the intention to raise the invalid’s level of life.

A model for the individual empowerment using intrinsic personalization of crowdsourcing tasks

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
Dennis Paulino
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Abilities ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Human Capabilities ◽  
Financial Compensation ◽  
Social Barriers ◽  
Task Description ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Phd Thesis

Crowdsourcing is a paradigm of outsourcing work that is done using human capabilities through the Internet. Given the various possibilities of overcoming cultural and social barriers, crowdsourcing provides an opportunity for people with disabilities to have a financial compensation and help them feel realised. In crowdsourcing, people with disabilities face problems related with the lack of task description or usability. This article it is presented the main threads for my PhD thesis which main goal is to prove, that it is possible to map crowdsourcing tasks effectively to each individual, focusing particularly on the cognitive abilities.

Applied-Information Technology in Barrier-Free Service of University Library

2014 ◽  
Vol 1021 ◽  
pp. 257-260
Author(s):  
Qing Chen
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Information Service ◽  
Computer Training ◽  
University Library ◽  
Free Service ◽  
The Disabled ◽  
Library Resources ◽  
Information Skills ◽  
Disabled Readers ◽  
Barrier Free

It’s the library’s duty to offer barrier-free service for the disabled. And applied-information technology is applied into the barrier-free service, which may be found helpful to promote the disabled readers’ initiatives and help them seek for information conveniently in library. There are some measures university library can take to offer barrier-free service with applied-information technology such as opening more free computer-training classes for disabled readers to improve their information skills, offering aural OPAC service, posting the copies of library resources by E-mail and providing assistive technology and equipment related to information service. In addition to these measures, some activities like enriching the spiritual and cultural life of the disabled readers and increasing the communication between able-bodied people and the disabled.

‘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.

Experience of family caregivers of community-dwelling stroke survivors and risk of elder abuse: a qualitative study

2014 ◽  
Vol 16 (5) ◽  
pp. 276-293 ◽  
Author(s):  
Celia Chow ◽  
Agnes Tiwari
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Family Caregivers ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Elder Abuse ◽  
Community Dwelling ◽  
Stroke Survivors ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Disabled ◽  
Personal Resilience

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the following questions. First, what are the experiences of family caregivers in caring for community-dwelling stroke survivors? Second, what services help or do not help the caregivers in managing their caregiving role? Design/methodology/approach – A qualitative study was conducted with a total of six focus group interviews with 29 stroke caregivers selected using convenience sampling in a local community centre. All interviews were recorded and transcribed for content analysis. Findings – The results pointed to three main themes working together to facilitate desirable outcomes in caregiving and prevent elder abuse: factors contributing to caregiver stress and factors that have a buffering effect on caregiver stress and unmet needs identified from caregivers’ experiences. Research limitations/implications – The authors found that there were a number of factors contributing to caregiver stress. The findings matched with the concept that caregiver stress should not be considered as the primary cause of elder abuse. Findings provided information for further research to investigate positive coping and adjustment for stroke survivors, caregivers and their families. Practical implications – Policy makers and service providers may consider specific policies and tailor-made services to enhance the effectiveness of current practice. The themes emerging from the study could be further reviewed in a longitudinal way to explore the cost-effectiveness, the outcomes and trajectory of interventional programmes. Social implications – Education would be essential to let the public understand caregivers’ difficulties and needs. Prevention of elder abuse may be approached with a range of risk factors for both perpetrating and being elder abuse victim. Originality/value – From the findings of the study, the authors found that there were service gaps within policy and interventions. Concrete suggestions for improving the public's attitude and public facilities/transport for the disabled were captured in the study. In addition to personal resilience, caregivers had a strong wish for a supportive environment and services that would facilitate a better caregiving outcome.

scholarly journals Legal Framework for the Training of Health Care Specialists in the Health Care System of Lithuania to Work with the Disabled

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 150-161
Author(s):  
Milda Ratkevičienė
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Services ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
Equal Rights ◽  
Future Health ◽  
Global Trends ◽  
Care Services ◽  
The World ◽  
The Disabled

AbstractIntroduction:Health care is one of the most important fields not only in individual countries, but globally as well, yet it remains one of the most sensitive topics, too. Global organisations have calculated that one out of seven residents around the world has some sort of disability. It is very likely that due to various processes, the number of people with disabilities will increase. Therefore, the world in general and each country in particular, Lithuania included, faces a great challenge: to ensure suitable and high-quality accessibility to health care services for the disabled. Each country must have clear political guidelines and strategies how to ensure training of health care specialists qualified and able to carry out their tasks when working with the disabled. Therefore, this article analyses global trends of training specialists to work with the disabled and legal basis of such specialist training in Lithuania.Methods:This article features analysis of scientific literary sources and legal documents.Results:International and national Lithuanian documents have clearly established that people with disabilities have equal rights to health care services like the rest of the population without any reservations, so this norm must be established adhering to the principles of accessibility, suitability and universality, and which basically should be ensured by health care specialists. However, document analysis has revealed that documents governing the training of health care specialists in Lithuania and processes related to it pay little attention to the training of future health care specialists to work with the disabled, while descriptions of some specific areas of studies, e.g. dentistry, pharmacy, etc. designed to train health care specialists do no address the work with the disabled at all.Discussion and conclusions:Analysis has revealed that institutions of higher education in Lithuania that train health care specialists are not legally entitled to, other requirements aside, to focus the study process on the work with the disabled. Therefore, it begs the question whether such specialists are actually ready to implement the requirements guiding the provision of health care services and ensure top-quality and proper provision of services to all members of the society, irrespective of their special needs, disabilities, etc. Therefore, this article can serve as a basis for further research related to the training of health care specialists to work with the disabled in order to identify what practice is applied in this area in other countries, as well as to ensure it internationally, what are the options and means required to implement it and how to improve the training of health care specialists as much as possible to work with the disabled ensuring the quality of health care in particular and their life in general.

scholarly journals The Satisfaction Study of People with Disabilities Regarding the Restaurant with Barrier-Free Environment in Taiwan Tourism Area

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Cheng Chia-Hsin
Keyword(s):  
Service Quality ◽  
Physical Environment ◽  
Statistical Significance ◽  
Leisure Activities ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Environment Design ◽  
Human Lifespan ◽  
Free Environment ◽  
Post Purchase ◽  
Barrier Free

The number of people with disabilities (PWDs) is expected to increase over years due to the increase of human lifespan and accidents. However, the PWDs as a result of some social factors, such as environment inaccessibility, insufficient job opportunity, inadequate education aids, etc. are excluded from participating their leisure activities or dining out in the society. This study aims to investigate and evaluate the design of barrier-free environment of restaurants in Taiwan famous tourism areas via the restaurant customer satisfaction of PWDs regarding the barrier-free facility and service quality. The results show that the qualified percentage of barrier-free physical environment design is only 44%, and PWDs are not satisfied with the barrier-free physical environment including the space allotted in parking lots, restroom accessibility for PWDs, as well as the slipperiness of floors. The regression analysis shows the barrier-free physical environment and service quality aspect with respect to post-purchase intentions reach statistical significance indicating the environment design for the PWDs is critical to the restaurant management especially in a tourism area.

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