Design for Disabled Research Papers (original) (raw)

This study inquires the possible creation of a sense of a place in coffee houses for the disabled people as public places. The physical characteristics of a space are the main factors allowing all people including the disabled ones as well to perceive that place properly and within the ''person, place and interaction process'' framework. The place attachment, which can be defined as the main emotional bond between space and the users, is heavily influenced by the individualistic experiences and reactions whether they are ordinary or differently abled. In order to initiate a place attachment, spaces should be designed in a way that they respect the occupant's perception, feelings, memories, senses and their physical abilities to enable them to develop a sense of belonging and ownership. Therefore, creating designs which foster people's construction process of sense of a place that comprises the concept of identity and sense of belonging, is among the essential issues for realizing place attachment in architecture and design of public spaces. In our contemporary world, there are settings that possess these qualities; contrariwise there are more architectural and urban spaces which ignore these qualities and their benefits for people, especially for the disabled ones. Relatedly, a building should offer people enough information for perceiving it and with its physical features should also support the experiences that occur in it. There is a strong link between memorable events and the space where those events occur. An environment which provides outstanding and meaningful ambiance by its architectural characteristics can establish a sense of a place. Disabled people often have less opportunities to experience the spaces properly compared to others because their limitations are not taken into consideration when designing the public spaces. Therefore, the design process of public spaces should involve the basic needs of disabled people. In order to propose a typology for traditional coffee houses, this research aims to define and discuss the place attachment experience of disabled people in public spaces. The study begins with an overview of identifying different types of disabilities and special needs, and an introductory discussion of how space attachment can help to meet those needs. Therefore, the physical, social and typological aspects of traditional coffee houses were evaluated in terms of location, space organization and functions by considering the profiles of disabled users. Methodologically, this is a case study, which has a mixed research design including qualitative and quantitative research instruments.

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- Place Attachment, Interior Design (Architecture), Design for Disabled, Coffeehouse

Accessibility is something that most people take for granted. While conducting our day-to-day activities and conveniently using buildings and its facilities, one hardly realizes that for people with disabilities it is very difficult, and at times, impossible to do a task as simple as getting inside a building without someone’s help. The built environment should be designed such that it eliminates all barriers and allows people with disabilities to use the building and its facilities like other able-bodied people. Building designers should try to understand the special requirements of those with disabilities and adopt appropriate strategies for site planning, building design, and interior layout design, which address all these requirements.

- by Nishant Sharma
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- Architecture, Ergonomics, Disabled people movement, Design for Disabled

مناسب سازی نوسازی فضاهای شهری جهت استفاده برابر همه افراد جامعه از ضروریات رشد و توسعه شهرها می باشد. بیش از نیم میلیارد از جمعیت جهان و حدود 5/6 میلیون معلول در ایران وجود دارد که از این تعداد 320 هزار نفر دارای معلولیت جسمی و حرکتی می باشند. از آنجا که بیش ترین مشکل حرکتی را افرادِ معلولِ استفاده کننده از صندلی چرخدار دارند، با در نظر گرفتن این گروه از معلولین به طور حتم مسائل معلولین نیمه متحرک نیز مرتفع می شود. به نظر می رسد از طریق مناسب سازی مبلمان و تجهیزات شهری می توان درصد بالائی از مشکلات این نوع خاص از معلولین را برطرف کرد.قلمرو مطالعه شهر ایلام انتخاب شده است است که دارای 1120 نفر معلول جسمی-حرکتی و 4680 نفر جانباز بالای 25 درصد می باشدکه این امر اهمیت توجه به آنها را در فضاهای شهری ایلام نشان می دهد . در این تحقیق که به روش کتابخانه ای نشان داده ایم با رعایت نکاتی در طراحی مبلمان شهری می توان محیط شهری را برای استفاده معلولان جسمی – حرکتی مناسب تر کرد.

- by Zakaria Soleimani
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- Design for Disabled, Iranian Architecture

In recent years, with the rapid development of network science applications as well as the increasing number and variety of devices that connect to networks, the "Internet of Things" has been more expansive in our lives. While it has inspired new entrepreneurial ventures thanks to the increased use of devices that connect to the Internet, the "Internet of Things" also provides us with practical everyday solutions and applications. The goal of this study is to analyze this technology's content, history, working principles, challenges and limits, fields of application, as well as its implications on the life standards of people with disabilities. NESNELERİN İNTERNETİ VE ENGELLİ İNSANLARIN YAŞAM STANDARTLARI ÜZERİNDEKİ ETKİLERİ Özet: Son yıllarda hızla gelişmekte olan ağ bilimi uygulamaları ve bu ağlara bağlanabilen cihazların çeşit ve sayılarının artmasıyla giderek daha çok dikkat çeken " Nesnelerin İnterneti " konusu hayatımıza süratle girmekte. İnternete bağlanan cihazların kullanım sıklığının artması sebebi ile pek çok yeni iş fikrini de doğuran " Nesnelerin İnterneti " ayrıca hayatı kolaylaştıran çözümleri ve uygulamaları da bize sunmaktadır. Çalışmanın amacı teknolojinin içeriği, tarihi, çalışma prensipleri, karşılaştığı engeller ve kullanım alanlarının yanı sıra engelli insanların yaşam standartları üzerine etkilerini incelemektir.

- by Bulent Onur Turan and +1
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- Design for Disabled, Internet of Things (IoT)

Öz: Kütüphane binası, geçmişte olduğu gibi bugün de kütüphaneyi oluşturan beş temel unsurdan biridir. Derme,
personel, bütçe ve okuyucu unsurları ile arasında bir eşgüdüm olması, iyi hizmet verilebilmesini sağlar. Kütüphane
binası tasarlanır, inşa edilir ve kullanım aşamasına geçildikten sonra kullanıcıların gereksinimlerini karşılamaya
başlar. Binanın kullanıcıları (dermenin kullanıcısı olan okuyucular ya da kütüphane personeli) arasında engelliler
olabilir. Engelli olmak, kütüphanenin verdiği hizmetlerden yararlanma konusunda herhangi bir aksaklığa sebep
olmamalıdır. Kütüphane binaları bütün kullanıcıların bütün kütüphane hizmetlerinden eşit şekilde
faydalanabilmeleri amaçlanarak tasarlanmalıdır. Çünkü kütüphaneden herkesin eşit olarak yararlanma hakkı
vardır. Ancak bu amaç uygulamaya tam olarak yansıtılamamaktadır. Engelli kullanıcı bazen kütüphane binasına
gelene kadar, bazen de bina içerisinde (hatta bazen her iki ortamda da) sorunlarla karşılaşmaktadır. Bu çalışmada
bedensel ve görme engelli kullanıcılar temel alınmış ve bu kullanıcıların bina dışındaki fiziksel dış ve iç çevrelerde
karşılaştıkları sorunları kısaca irdelenmiştir.

This paper explores accessibility issues for museums in the context of growing dependence on technology. The background of these issues is described, along with the evolution from physical access to digital access—for example, via the Web—and, increasingly, mobile technology. The authors are people with different disabilities and they describe personal experiences, giving a sense of the various barriers and benefits that are involved. The aim of this paper is to provide museums with a disabled person's point of view, which could help in inspiring improvements for the future. Often the task is one of understanding as much as financial constraints, since many solutions can be implemented at little additional cost.

- by Jonathan Bowen
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- Sociology, Media Sociology, Sociology of Culture, Information Technology

Education should be an equal distance with everyone, the educational environment as a second lecturer is responsible for supporting equality and should present inclusive characteristics. This study is carried out  87  interventions. While showcasing the potency of the universal design applications in an educational setting, this study underlines the importance of conjoint actions of every actor in the educational system.

- by Orne Quinteros
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- Languages, Assistive Technology, Space Technology, Cerebral Palsy

Currently, disabled people face different kinds of discriminations, posing difficulties and disadvantages of different sizes. Key amongst such challenges is the ability to access built infrastructure like roads. A challenge is posed to planners and design professionals as to how they are able to improve accessibility of the built environment, specifically the transportation infrastructure system to help reduce the suffering of Persons with Disability (PWDs) in Ghana. This research was conducted to examine the accessibility of the Sofoline Interchange to PWDs. It employed open-ended questionnaires and a checklist that sought the views of respondents (the project consultant, the contractor and the client / Ministry of Roads and Highways in Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly) working on the Sofoline Interchange on key issues pertaining to PWDs. Findings showed that facilities needed by the visually impaired such as audio communications, handrails, tactile markings and curbs have not been incorporated into the design of the Sofoline Interchange, making it unfriendly to the visually impaired. The findings from this study should enable all stakeholders concerned to come together to find ways to address this issue, especially when it comes to the construction of such facilities to enable the PWDs to access them freely.

- by Dr. Kofi Agyekum
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- Design for Disabled

The evacuation of disabled persons from multi-storey buildings requires, typically, the provision and use of Areas of Refuge (AoR). Building complexity, together with the low level of detail in the regulatory guidance relating to AoR signage, may lead to inappropriate signage system designs. In turn, this may lead to difficulties in locating and/or identifying AoR. This paper illustrates the use of the Theory of Affordances as a framework for assessing AoR signage system design.

- by Elisabetta Carattin, Ph.D. and +1
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- Design for Disabled, Fire safety evacuation, Fire safety, Fire safety engineering
- by Selestina Stefanie
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- Architecture, Public Space, Design for Disabled, Arsitektur

On the lines of the huge and varied efforts in the field of automation with respect to technology development and innovation of vehicles to make them run on electric power and moreover autonomously, this paper presents a research and innovation applied to a bicycle. A normal daily-use bicycle has been modified at low-cost such that it runs autonomously, while maintaining its original form i.e. the manual drive. Hence, a bicycle which could be normally driven by any human and with a press of switch could run autonomously according to the user's needs has been developed.

- by P. N. Vamshi and +1
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- Autonomous Robotics, Automobile, Design for Disabled, Bicycles

ÖZET Trabzon il merkezinde yürütülen bir alan çalışmasında, yakın çevresiyle birlikte iki sinema salonu seçilerek bir analiz çalışması yapılmıştır. Amaç " Evrensel Tasarım " anlayışı bağlamında kamu binalarında, ulaşımda, bilgilendirme ve iletişimde karşılaşılan engellerin ortadan kaldırılması, kamusal mekânların niteliksel ve niceliksel olarak geliştirilmesi, tecrit ve bağımlılığın azaltılarak yaşlı ve engelli bireylerin eğitim, istihdam ve sosyal yaşama katılımını sağlamaktır. Çalışmada evrensel tasarım esaslarından; eşitlikçi kullanım, kullanımda esneklik, kolay ve sezgisel kullanım, algılanabilir bilgi, hata için tolerans, düşük fiziksel güç, yaklaşma ve kullanım için hacim ve mesafe parametreleri kullanılmıştır. Yöntem olarak yerinde tespit ve gözlem tekniği seçilmiş, elde edilen bulgular kuramsal bilgilerin ışığında irdelenmiştir. Anahtar Kelimeler: Evrensel tasarım kriterleri, sinema salonu, sosyalleşme alanları ABSTRACT Trabzon in a field study conducted in the city center, an analysis by selecting two cinema halls with the surroundings is made. Trabzon in a field study conducted in the city center, an analysis by selecting two cinema halls with the surroundings is made. The goal of "Universal Design" concept in the context of public buildings, transportation, information and elimination of the difficulties encountered in communication, improvement of qualitative and quantitative public spaces, isolation and addiction education of the elderly and people with disabilities by reducing is to ensure that participation in employment and social life. In the study of universal design principles; equitable use, flexibility in use, simple and intuitive use, perceptible information, tolerance for error, low physical power, volume and distance parameters are used for approach. In situ detection method and observation technique selected it was examined in the light of the findings of theoretical knowledge.

This article describes a user-centred design method in which the ‘voice of the disabled customer’ can be translated into product requirements in a form that designers and manufacturers can use. Wheelchairs were chosen as the product for study. The method emerged from surveys of wheelchair designers, prescribers
(physiotherapists and occupational therapists), rehabilitation engineers, users and carers on their views on wheelchair design, assessment, prescription and use. The user-centred method for products for disabled people comprises a set of 11 phases
including Preliminary Strategic Planning, Approaching the Users, Investigating the Problem, Product Planning, Concept Design, Prototyping and Testing and Verification.

- by Marcelo M Soares
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- Ergonomics, Industrial Design, Design for Disabled, Product ergonomics

Streszczenie: Celem artykułu jest opisanie sytuacji osób z ograniczeniem mobilności, jako użytkowników otwartej, fizycznej przestrzeni publicznej Wrocławia, wraz z przedstawieniem tła ogólnego i przykładów pozawrocławskich. Artykuł przedstawia podstawowe informacje dotyczące osób z ograniczeniem sprawności, ich sposoby poruszania się w mieście, integrację przestrzenną oraz różnego rodzaju bariery, na które napotykają. Przedmiotem analizy są przede wszystkim ulice i place miejskie oraz środki transportu publicznego, a także akty prawne, strategie rozwoju i inne przedmiotowe przepisy, badania i publikacje dotyczące osób z niepełnosprawnością oraz interakcje społeczne w przestrzeni. Wstęp Szeroko rozumiana niepełnosprawność jest częścią dnia codziennego ponad jednej szóstej wrocławian. Miasto nazywa się " Miastem bez Barier " 1 , ale na portalu społecznościowym powstał w 2014 r. krytyczny profil " Wrocław Miasto Barier " 2. Nie wszystkie bowiem osoby z niepełnosprawnością uważają, że ów pierwszy slogan jest zasadny. Podkreślają więc, pokazują przykłady barier, że slogan ten jest wyłącznie hasłem służącym pozytywnemu pijarowi miasta, a działania i tezy nt. rzekomych udogodnień architektonicznych w przestrzeni i domniemanego braku barier wynikają z uzależnienia stanowiska Pełnomocnika ds. osób niepełnosprawnych od biura Prezydenta miasta. Zdecydowana większość mieszkańców choćby raz w życiu odczuła trudności w poruszaniu się po mieście, np. spacerując z wózkiem dziecięcym po chodnikach, usiłując iść z nogą chorą po kontuzji lub operacji, ciągnąc ciężki bagaż lub idąc w butach na wysokich obcasach. W dużym uogólnieniu można powiedzieć, że każdy z nas był lub będzie niepełnosprawny, choćby tymczasowo. Na tym zasadza się idea i filozofia projektowania uniwersalnego, zwanego też uniwersalnym dizajnem 3 (ang. universal design, UD). Wrocławska przestrzeń publiczna nie sprawia wciąż wrażenia, jakby była projektowana i zarządzana z myślą o tym, aby możliwie najlepiej przystosować ją do ruchu pieszego, w tym osób z niepełnosprawnością. Istotą ruchu tych osób w przestrzeni publicznej jest bowiem fakt, że wraz z opuszczeniem publicznych lub prywatnych środków lokomocji stają się pieszymi-nawet, jeśli nadal 1 http://www.wroclaw.pl/wroclaw-bez-barier 2 Profil dostępny pod adresem https://www.facebook.com/wroclawmiastobarier, dostęp ………….. 3 A. Rumińska, Uniwersalny dizajn, Wrocław 2009.

- by Anna Maria Ruminska
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- Anthropology, Inclusive Design, Urban Studies, Urbanism

Approximately 15% of the world’s population is handicapped. In Turkey, this
rate is 12.29%. In today’s conditions, the risk of disability is quite high. Physically
handicapped individuals should have the right to move easily and comfortably in
the faculties where they are trained, like other individuals in the community. For
this reason, it is necessary to plan, design and implement the disabled individuals
as they are able to reach an unhindered lifestyle, such as all the individuals, that
is to say, the disabled person without any need for assistance, easily and safely
in the educational institution and for the disabled to feel like they are different
from other individuals in the educational institution. Our research was carried
out in and around Konya Selçuk University Faculty of Agriculture administrative
and classroom blocks. Entrance-exit doors, walkways, ramps, disability toilets,
washbasins, toilets, lifts and wheelchair lifting platform for the disabled have
been reviewed according to disabled design criteria. As a result, the positive and
negative factors detected in the administrative and classroom blocks of the Faculty
of Agriculture of Selçuk University were reported and suggestions on design were
introduced.

- by Murat Atasoy
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- Accessibility, Design for Disabled, Handicapped People

The different activity areas located in school garden should to be felt accessible and available by all children. All of elements, roads and facilities stablished in the garden it must be designed in accordance with orthopedic... more

The different
activity areas located in school garden should to
be felt accessible and available by all children.
All of elements, roads and facilities stablished in
the garden it must be designed in accordance with
orthopedic disabilities children.

- by Sima Pouya
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- Turkey, Design for Disabled, School gardens

This study deals with using digital photogrammetry to make an anthropometric analysis of wheelchair users. To analyse the data, Digita software was used, which was made available by means of the agreement of the Design Department of the Federal University of Pernambuco--Brazil--with the Department of Ergonomics of the Technical University of Lisbon--Portugal. Data collection involved a random sample of 18 subjects and occurred in the Biomechanics Laboratory of the Maurice of Nassau Faculty, located in Recife, Pernambuco. The methodology applied comprises the steps of Ergonomic Assessment, Configuration of the Data Base, Taking Digital Photographs, Digitalising the Coordinates and Presentation of Results. 15 structural variables related to static anthropometry were analysed, and 4 functional range variables relating to dynamic anthropometry. The results were presented by analysing personal data, classified by gender, ethnicity and age; by functional analysis of the sample, classified...

- by Marcelo M Soares
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- Mechanical Engineering, Psychology, Photogrammetry, Ergonomics

In spite of regulations aimed at ensuring that all people can enter and move through spaces, the need to create physical solutions that do not separate or segregate disabled populations has been overlooked. Further, the response of architects and designers is often to meet these regulations without considering the emotional impact of their designs, or the need for all users to be able to retain a sense of dignity as they enter and move through buildings and open spaces.
This gap calls for a (re)generation of the urban form with a totally new agenda. My research argues that designing spaces for disability should focus on designing places for dignity. Aimed at upcycling everyday environments as enabling environments, this research identifies and comparatively analyses typologies of apartment buildings and neighbourhoods in Athens, Greece, where the experience of dignity is ubiquitously threatened due to a planning pathogenesis. Here, typologies are evaluated using dignity-based criteria, and new design guidelines and actions are proposed.
This research and its findings will enrich access-knowledge through their innovative urban design paradigms with the potential to transform spatial environments into dignified spaces for all.

- by Alcestis Rodi
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- Space Syntax, Human Rights, Accessibility, Inclusive Design

Abstract Fashion and prosthetics may appear at first glance to be unlikely bedfellows. Yet a tiny number of pioneering fashion scholars have begun to extend the concept of adornment beyond recognized forms of dress and examine items that were hitherto perceived as belonging to the medical domain. This article embraces a similar outlook and expands upon the currently available research. It considers how the amputee body is incorporated into the visual mainstream through the use of new generation “fashionable” prostheses, and how—and if—such prostheses can help to disrupt dominant discourses of normalcy. To do this, we study visual representations of three amputee artists and public figures: British performer Viktoria Modesta; American athlete, model, and speaker Aimee Mullins; and Japanese artist Mari Katayama. We argue that the use of aesthetic prostheses de-medicalizes disabled bodies and instead constructs them as consumer bodies, granting them what disability scholar Rosemarie Garland-Thomson calls “the freedom to be appropriated by consumer culture” and “integrating a previously excluded group into the dominant order”. We then turn to the few images of disability that subvert such order, by engaging with prostheses creatively or by rejecting them altogether and celebrating unadorned stumps.

- by Laini Burton
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- Media and Cultural Studies, Cyborg Theory, Fashion design, Art
- by Naziaty Yaacob
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- Accessibility, Malaysia, Built Environment, Transportation

More than one billion people or about 15 percent of the world's population (According to the WHO) is estimated to live with some kind of disability. The number of people with disabilities is called the largest minority in the world by United Nations Organization (UNO) and this will further increase high risk of becoming populations are aging and older people with disabilities. Stakeholders, governments, civil society organizations and disabled people's organizations have an important role in creating conditions for elimination of barriers, improve rehabilitation and support services, ensuring adequate social protection, It is a fundamental right of disabled people to take part in any domain of life under equal terms with all others else. Disabled people have needs like travelling, vacationing and sightseeing in different places as other people do. People with disabilities shouldn't be excluded from society, but should be integrated into society. The services that are be offered to people with disabilities whether congenital or acquired for various reasons provide easier and more comfortable accessibility. The aim of this research is to make benchmarking as an analysis providing the good practices in integration of the peoples with disabilities true recreational activities. Our purpose is to present the methodology for evaluation the accessibility of emblematic for Attica places using Crowdsourcing-based Mobile Application for Wheelchair Accessibility.

Este artículo presenta un conjunto de principios, basados en las buenas prácticas, que un diseñador de software, esencialmente debe tomar en cuenta cuando desea desarrollar productos de software enfocados en satisfacer necesidades de usuarios con discapacidad cognitiva. La incorporación de éstos principios al proceso de diseño, permitirán una definición más acertada del ámbito del producto a desarrollar y por consecuencia una mayor aceptación del usuario. En el mundo real, desafortunadamente la persona con discapacidad está más consciente de sus limitaciones debido a que su entorno se lo manifiesta constantemente. Este trabajo es un esfuerzo para lograr que en el mundo digital, las personas con limitaciones se sientan confortables.

- by Alfredo Mendoza and +1
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- HCI, Design for Disabled

In spite of regulations aimed at ensuring that all people can enter and move through spaces, the need to create physical solutions that do not separate or segregate disabled populations has been overlooked. Further, the response of architects and designers is often to meet these regulations without considering the emotional impact of their designs, or the need for all users to be able to retain a sense of dignity as they enter and move through buildings and open spaces. This gap calls for a (re)generation of the urban form with a totally new agenda. My research argues that designing spaces for disability should focus on designing places for dignity. Aimed at upcycling everyday environments as enabling environments, this research identifies and comparatively analyses typologies of apartment buildings and neighbourhoods in Athens, Greece, where the experience of dignity is ubiquitously threatened due to a planning pathogenesis. Here, typologies are evaluated using dignity-based criter...

- by Alcestis Rodi
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- Architecture, Space Syntax, Human Rights, Accessibility

OPEN ACCESS Special Issue of Social Inclusion:

Academic Editors: Shaun Grech (The Critical Institute, Malta) and Karen Soldatic (Western Sydney University, Australia)

The issue of the approach has existed from human existence. Adequacy of architectural facilities for disable people is a problem not only in Kosovo, but also the whole region and beyond. As such, this problem has started its discussion in the last decades, with the appraisal of voices for equal human rights, regardless of physic abilities one human can have or not. Unfortunately the determining factors in this situation are from different nature. From this view, the architect‟s role is important enough in the process of implementing the needed standards. While the design of the new facilities accessible to disable people takes almost no time, because it can be applied immediately and does not need additional investment, adaptation of new facilities takes time and additional investments. Disabilities can be accommodated in the three groups: people with disabilities on the move, first injured persons and persons with impaired hearing. Common barriers for people with disabilities are: - Urban communication, - Barriers in public buildings and other buildings, - Inadequate design for urban elements and interior The purpose of this project is the full integration of persons with disabilities in society. This means that should provide access to all buildings and use of buildings in independently (without escort) from the whole population of people with disabilities. Keywords: disable people, universal design, architectural barriers, accessibility for everyone, Kosova OZET İnsanın varoluşundan beri erişebilirlik sorunu vardır. Engelliler için standart tasarımın oluşumu sadece Kosova‟da değil, dünyanın pek çok kentinde bir sorundur. Bu sorun son yıllarda erişilebilirliğin insan hakları çerçevesinde değerlendirilmesiyle tartışılmaya başlamıştır. Bu konudaki faktörlerin belirlenmesi çok farklı disiplinlerin ilgi alanına girmektedir. Bununla birlikte, gerekli standartların uygulanması sürecinde mimarın rolü oldukça önemlidir. Tasarım sürecinde, erişilebilirlik her yönüyle değerlendirilirse ek yatırıma ihtiyaç kalmayacaktır. Binaların erişilebilirliğini sağlamak daha kolay olacaktır. Ancak mevcut binaların erişebilirliğinin adaptasyon süresi hem zaman almakta hem de ek yatırımlar gerektirmektedir. Bu çalışmanın amacı engellilerin toplum içinde hiçbir engelle karşılaşmadan, toplumla bütünleşmesi için kamusal bir alan olan kent fiziki mekanının buna uygun olarak düzenlenmesinin standartlarını araştırmak ve bu standartları uygulama örnekleri ile test etmektir. Temel amaç, engellilerin (refakatçi olmadan) bağımsız olarak kentsel mekânları ve binaları kullanmasını sağlamaktır. Çalışmada yöntem olarak; dünyada ve Kosova‟da bu konudaki standartlar değerlendirilmiş, engelliler bedensel, görme ve işitme engelliler olarak üzere üç grupta ii sınıflandırılmıştır. Çalışma kapsamında öncelikle kent fiziki mekânında engellilerin karşılaştıkları sorunlar irdelenmiş ve bu standart ve sorunlar uygulama örneği olarak seçilen Kosova‟da İbrahim Rugova, Zahir Payazit ve Şadırvan meydanlarında değerlendirilerek, olumlu ve olumsuz yönleri belirlenmiş ve öneriler getirilmiştir. Araştırmanın ilk bölümünde araştırmanın amacı ve yöntemi açıklanmıştır, ikinci bölümünde ise engelli ve kentsel fiziki mekânla ilgili tanım ve kavramlar açıklanmıştır. Araştırmanın üçüncü bölümünde engellilerin kentsel alanlarda karşılaştıkları sorunlar ve engelsiz çevrenin oluşumu açıklanmıştır. Dördüncü bölümü dünyada ve Kosova‟da engellilere yönelik planlama kriterlerinin neler olduğu araştırılmıştır. Beşinci bölümde dünyada ve Kosova‟da yasal mevzuat ele alınmıştır. Altıncı bölümde engellilere yönelik dünyada gerçekleştirilen meydan örnekleri araştırılmıştır. Yedinci bölümde Kosova‟daki (İbrahim Rugova, Zahir Payazit ve Şadırvan) meydanlar, incelenen standart ve planlama kriterleri çerçevesinde değerlendirilmiş, sorunlar ve öneriler getirilmiştir. Anahtar kelimeler: engelli, evrensel tasarım, herkes için erişilebilirlik, Kosova

- by Medina Spahiu
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- Architecture, Urbanism, Universal Design, Design for Disabled

This study deals with using digital photogrammetry to make an anthropometric analysis of wheelchair users. To analyse the data, Digita software was used, which was made available by means of the agreement of the Design Department of the Federal University of Pernambuco - Brazil - with the Department of Ergonomics of the Technical University of Lisbon - Portugal. Data collection involved a random sample of 18 subjects and occurred in the Biomechanics Laboratory of the Maurice of Nassau Faculty, located in Recife, Pernambuco. The methodology applied comprises the steps of Ergonomic Assessment, Configuration of the Data Base, Taking Digital Photographs, Digitalising the Coordinates and Presentation of Results. 15 structural variables related to static anthropometry were analysed, and 4 functional range variables relating to dynamic an-thropometry. The results were presented by analysing personal data, classified by gender, ethnicity and age; by functional analysis of the sample, classified by clinical diagnosis, results of assessing the joints, results of the evaluation through motion and postural evaluation; and of the analysis of the anthropometric sample, which indicated for each variable the number of people, the mean, the standard deviation, and the minimum, median and maximum values.

- by Helda Barros and +1
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- Photogrammetry, Ergonomics, Disability Studies, Anthropometry

In spite of regulations aimed at ensuring that all people can enter and move through spaces, the need to create physical solutions that do not separate or segregate disabled populations has been overlooked. Further, the response of architects and designers is often to meet these regulations without considering the emotional impact of their designs, or the need for all users to be able to retain a sense of dignity as they enter and move through buildings and open spaces. This gap calls for a (re)generation of the urban form with a totally new agenda. My research argues that designing spaces for disability should focus on designing places for dignity. Aimed at upcycling everyday environments as enabling environments, this research identifies and comparatively analyses typologies of apartment buildings and neighbourhoods in Athens, Greece, where the experience of dignity is ubiquitously threatened due to a planning pathogenesis. Here, typologies are evaluated using dignity-based criteria, and new design guidelines and actions are proposed. This research and its findings will enrich access-knowledge through their innovative urban design paradigms with the potential to transform spatial environments into dignified spaces for all.

- by Alcestis Rodi
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- Architecture, Space Syntax, Human Rights, Accessibility

This study identified the factors existing in the methods and techniques used in the anthropometric analysis of wheelchair users which may adversely affect inter-population comparisons. Five studies of anthropometric analysis of wheelchair users were examined: Nowak (1996), Jarosz (1996), Das and Kozey (1999), Kozey and Das (2004) and Paquet and Feathers (2004). All the selected studies presented intra- and inter-population data. After having identified the methods and techniques cited, a comparison was made between the procedures used by these authors and those adopted by Barros (2007). The results indicate that inter-population comparison is valid only when there is similarity between the procedures and techniques used to collect data and the functional characteristics of the people evaluated.

- by Marcelo M Soares
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- Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Psychology, Ergonomics

Even though there is noticeable size of disabled populations in Turkey, there are no comprehensive studies about socioeconomic characteristics, problems, and expectations of those communities. According to the Education Ministry, there are 1 million and 100 thousand disabled children between ages of 4–1; 45 thousand with vision impairment. The main objective of this study is to evaluate the condition of this group of children and evaluation their circumstance. All children, including disabled children, have the right to play, have fun and take part in recreational activities that is important for their development. This article tried to put light on characteristics of disabled children, their needs, and conditions they have in Turkey. With regard to all statistic data and analyses, this paper makes attempt to give a clear image of this amount of population for designers, urban planners, instructors, and other experts who want to accomplish an action for their sake in Turkey. Finally, it emphasises the urgent need of peculiar green areas for those communities, so that they will be able to enjoy and entertain in the free green places as much as other ordinary persons have.

- by Sima Pouya and +1
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- Design for Disabled

- by Helda Barros and +1
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- Mechanical Engineering, Psychology, Ergonomics, Anthropometry

ABSTRACT This paper sets out how immersion virtual reality is used to rehabilitate people affected by a stroke. To do so, we carried out a review of the literature after collecting articles published between 2000 and 2013. The results indicate that the use of virtual environments is a trend in rehabilitation and that neuroimaging studies have demonstrated the success of doing so. However, many challenges remain to be overcome. The greatest difficulties lie in characterizing the sample population. Many studies that specifically focus on post-stroke rehabilitation are conducted on individuals without declaring what the disability is and use a non-significant number participants.

- by Marcelo M Soares
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- Psychology, Computer Science, Ergonomics, Rehabilitation
- by Siddharth Jha
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- Autonomous Robotics, Automobile, Design for Disabled, Bicycles

Lista Guía para control de avance en Planos Arquitectónicos de los temas que revisara la Secretaria Nacional de Discapacidad una vez los planos ingresen a Ingeniería Municipal; basados en la Ley de Equiparación de Oportunidades para las... more

- by Yalina Aguilar Peralta
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- Accessibility, Disability, Accesibilidad, Design for Disabled

Lista Guía para control de avance en Planos Arquitectónicos de los temas que revisara la Secretaria Nacional de Discapacidad una vez los planos ingresen a Ingeniería Municipal; basado en la Ley de Equiparación de Oportunidades para las... more

Lista Guía para control de avance en Planos Arquitectónicos de los temas que revisara la Secretaria Nacional de Discapacidad una vez los planos ingresen a Ingeniería Municipal; basado en la Ley de Equiparación de Oportunidades para las Personas con Discapacidad en la República de Panamá

- by Yalina Aguilar Peralta
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- Inclusion, Disability, Accesibilidad, Design for Disabled

Article refers to the extremely important social issue of the widespread accessibility of the surrounding our space. Particular attention was paid to historic buildings, which are invaluable historical and national heritage. The article analyses the accessibility of chosen castles and palaces of the Lodz Region for people with motor and sensory disabilities (hearing, sight). The main objective of the research was to determine castles and palaces’ stage of development and the degree of adaptation to the needs and requirements of disabled of the Lodz Province’s touristic development.

- by John Glauert
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- Sign Language, Technology development, Design for Disabled, Virtual Human

This paper sets out how immersion virtual reality is used to
rehabilitate people affected by a stroke. To do so, we carried out a review of the literature after collecting articles published between 2000 and 2013. The results indicate that the use of virtual environments is a trend in rehabilitation and that
neuroimaging studies have demonstrated the success of doing so. However, many challenges remain to be overcome. The greatest difficulties lie in characterizing the sample population. Many studies that specifically focus on post-stroke rehabilitation are conducted on individuals without declaring what
the disability is and use a non-significant number participants.

- by Marcelo M Soares
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- Ergonomics, Rehabilitation, Disability, Virtual Reality