scholarly journals Developing baseline design criteria for people with lower body mobility impairments using inclusive design

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Sunhyung Cho
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Thermal Protection ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Inclusive Design ◽  
Design Criteria ◽  
Lower Body ◽  
Social Conformity ◽  
Baseline Design ◽  
Mobility Impairments ◽  
Clothing Design

[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] The mainstream clothing market focuses on people without disabilities; however, all people should be free to enjoy aesthetic values of clothing, including wearing what they want to wear and being confident in their appearances. To remedy the lack of appropriate clothing for people with disabilities, it is important to understand their clothing needs and problems of a variety of apparel markets by including people with a variety of abilities. The primary goals of this research were to seek a more thorough understanding of the apparel needs of people who live with lower-body mobility impairments and use a wheelchair and to develop an inclusive set of design criteria for mainstream apparel products that address these apparel needs, especially men. The researcher used Rosenblad-Wallin's (1985) framework of clothing to help address clothing properties of PLBMI users. The researcher also used Keates and Clarkson's (2003)Inclusive Design Cube model to develop a set of inclusive clothing design criteria for people with lower-body mobility impairments. The research procedure consisted of two phases of exploratory qualitative research. First, the researcher analyzed the current adaptive clothing market for wheelchair users and its products through content analysis to gather basic information about adaptive clothing. People with disabilities' symbolic expression of independent living, social conformity, and respectability is affected by the clothing' design. In addition, fit, ease of donning and doffing, transferring system, thermal protection, sensory sensitivity, storage, and easy care are important functional aspects of adaptive clothing. Second, the researchers discovered the functional and symbolic apparel needs of people with lower-body mobility impairments, especially from the perspectives of men, by conducting interviews with men with lower-body mobility impairments. Through the research, the researchers identified additional clothing needs based on the sub themes we defined during the content analysis. Third, based on the findings, the researchers suggested baseline design criteria. The criteria met the apparel needs of both PLBMI while also considering mainstream users in accordance with the IDC model. In this approach, the purpose was not to suggest a single design but to provide an example of the reasonable application of information to create multiple designs of inclusive clothing.

Gender Differences in Clothing Worn in Current Popular Comic Books

2015 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kyle Landon Jossy
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Comic Books ◽  
Book Industry ◽  
Comic Book ◽  
Lower Body ◽  
Female Characters ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Males And Females

This study looked at how males and females were portrayed, based on the amount of skin shown in the clothing worn.  A Content analysis was performed on a sample of 20 randomly selected popular comics from the last 3 years.  Both male and female characters were rated on how much skin they showed in three clothing categories; neck line, sleeve length, and lower body.  Results showed that in all 3 categories, women consistently wore more revealing clothing.  The findings demonstraetd that the comic book industry is comparable to other forms of media, in the sexualization of female characters, by having them wear more revealing clothing.

scholarly journals The Inclusion of Rights of People with Disabilities and Women and Girls in Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Policy Documents and Programs of Bangladesh and Cambodia: Content Analysis Using EquiFrame

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (10) ◽  
pp. 5087
Author(s):  
Nathaniel Scherer ◽  
Islay Mactaggart ◽  
Chelsea Huggett ◽  
Pharozin Pheng ◽  
Mahfuj-ur Rahman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Analysis Tool ◽  
Middle Income ◽  
Policy Documents ◽  
Sanitation And Hygiene ◽  
Gender Inclusion ◽  
Core Concepts ◽  
Women And Girls ◽  
And Gender

People with disabilities and as women and girls face barriers to accessing water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) services and facilities that fully meet their needs, especially in low- and middle-income countries. Women and girls with disabilities experience double discrimination. WASH policies should support and uphold the concepts of disability and gender inclusion, and they should also act as a guide to inform WASH programs and service delivery. Using a modified version of the EquiFrame content analysis tool, this study investigated the inclusion of 21 core concepts of human rights of people with disabilities and women and girls in 16 WASH policy documents and seven end-line program reports from Bangladesh and Cambodia. Included documents typically focused on issues of accessibility and neglected wider issues, including empowerment and support for caregivers. The rights of children and women with disabilities were scarcely focused on specifically, despite their individual needs, and there was a disconnect in the translation of certain rights from policy to practice. Qualitative research is needed with stakeholders in Bangladesh and Cambodia to investigate the inclusion and omission of core rights of people with disabilities, and women and girls, as well as the factors contributing to the translation of rights from policy to practice.

Accessible and Inclusive Content and Applications

2017 ◽  
pp. 54-67
Author(s):  
Tom Brunet ◽  
P. G. Ramachandran
Keyword(s):  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Inclusive Design ◽  
General Application

As devices have become smaller and more pervasive, usage scenarios that have historically been common for people with disabilities are finding more general application for all users. Overall, the consideration of accessibility improves the usability of applications for all users. This chapter will discuss standards for accessibility, inclusive design, and topics related to the development of accessible mobile content and applications. The discussion will apply to mobile content, such as EPUB documents, and topics related to Web, native, and hybrid applications.

scholarly journals Wpływ języka na poczucie wykluczenia osób z niepełnosprawnościami

2020 ◽  
Vol 34 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dorota Żuchowska-Skiba
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Special Needs ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Social Discourse ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
The Relationship

In recent years, Poland has seen a change in the identification of people with disabilities. It is noticeable to abandon the use of the terms disabled, blind, cripple, invalid. In this place are the terms a person with a disability, a person with special needs. This indicates a tendency to deviate from the definition of disability or its type, in the direction of putting the person first and replacing the concept of disability with other terms that do not have a stigmatizing character. The goal of the article was to show the relationship between the changing language describing and defining disability and changes in the perception of people with disabilities and their impact on the sense of exclusion of people with disabilities. The research used a method of content analysis to recreate disability terms functioning in the opinion of people with disabilities in social discourse and an online survey was used to examine the relationship between the sense of exclusion and disability terms, ways of perceiving oneself and the assessment of the society’s attitude towards people with disabilities. This allowed to show the meaning of the language and its impact on the processes of integration of people with disabilities in contemporary Poland.

scholarly journals Rethinking Our Values to Achieve Emancipatory Design

IDEA JOURNAL ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 96-109
Author(s):  
Jennifer Webb ◽  
Brent T Williams
Keyword(s):  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Inclusive Design ◽  
Equal Rights ◽  
Good Design ◽  
A Value ◽  
The Social ◽  
Human Functioning ◽  
Design Values ◽  
Future Practice

The need for inclusive environments accommodating the entire range of human functioning, both people with disabilities as well as those who are not presently disabled, has not been achieved despite decades of discussion and a growing list of standards and legislation. Perhaps because disability has always been a part of human existence and has been part of the discourse in environmental design for decades, it is not viewed as emergent and the inclusion of people with disabilities is not seen as a crisis. Nonetheless, people with disabilities represent one of the largest marginalised segments of our population. Inclusion does not subvert the other issues with regard to function or aesthetics but fulfils all criteria necessary to achieve good design. This paper explores critical aspects of emancipatory research and identifies opportunities for what should rightly be called emancipatory design. The most significant characteristics relevant to developing emancipatory design values include: 1) redistributing power within the social relationships of design; 2) adopting the biopsychosocial model of disability; and 3) facilitating users’ reciprocity, gain and empowerment. These fundamental strategies are necessary to ensure a long-term engagement in social justice and achieve good design. Inclusive design is essentially a value-based process, which takes as its premise the fact that everyone has a right to participate in community life. Consequently, a powerful argument to support the importance of teaching inclusive design is the need to assist students in the development of their own set of values to underpin their future practice as built environment professionals. Inclusive design can fulfil this important function. It is clear that teaching students to administer technical codes or interpret legislation for equal rights is an important part of the preparation of a student for professional practice, but this approach without the philosophical underpinning is unlikely to result in an inclusive environment.1

Determining elementary teacher candidates cognitive structure on the concept of ‘disabled people’ through the drawing technique

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 78-84
Author(s):  
Fatma Celik Kayapinar ◽  
Behsat Savas
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Elementary Teacher ◽  
Teacher Candidates ◽  
Cognitive Structure ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Primary Teacher ◽  
Disabled People ◽  
Drawing Technique ◽  
Elementary Teacher Candidates ◽  
Academic Year

Currently, around 10% of the world's population, or roughly 650 million people, live with a disability. According to the results of the in Turkey 2011 Population and Housing Survey, the proportion of the population with at least one disability is 6.9%. The aim of the study is to investigate primary teacher candidates cognitive structures related to ‘disabled people’ through the drawing technique. The data were collected from 89 teacher candidates participated in this study in the 2018–2019 academic year in Mehmet Akif Ersoy University. Each student was asked to draw a picture about disabled people. The students were encouraged if they want to write their own interpretation of the drawing ‘in a couple of sentences. Of the drawings, 89 were subjected to the content analysis. Half of the drawings are multicoloured and black is second. Most of the teacher candidates (88%) handed wheelchairs to people with disabilities. Keywords: Disabled people, drawing technique, teacher candidate.

Ethical Values in Personal Assistance: Narratives of People with Disabilities

2009 ◽  
Vol 16 (6) ◽  
pp. 759-774 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barbro Wadensten ◽  
Gerd Ahlström
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Daily Life ◽  
Qualitative Interviews ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Ethical Values ◽  
Personal Assistance ◽  
Ethical Knowledge ◽  
Personal Assistants ◽  
Latent Content

The aim of this study was to investigate the experiences of persons with severe functional disabilities who receive personal assistance in their homes, the focus being on their daily life in relation to the ethical principles represented in the Swedish Disability Act: autonomy, integrity, influence and participation. Qualitative interviews were performed with 26 persons and thereafter subjected to qualitative latent content analysis. The experiences of personal assistance were very much in accordance with the said principles, the most important factor being that one is met with understanding. The participants described situations in which their integrity was violated in that they were not treated as competent adults. This indicates the importance of future efforts in nursing to support personal assistants with ethical knowledge and supervision so that they can empower people with disabilities and thereby enable them to maintain their self-esteem and dignity.

Understanding Persons With Disabilities’ Reasons for Not Seeking Employment

2021 ◽  
pp. 003435522110067
Author(s):  
Denise C. Fyffe ◽  
Anthony H. Lequerica ◽  
Courtney Ward-Sutton ◽  
Natalie F. Williams ◽  
Vidya Sundar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Labor Force ◽  
Labor Force Participation ◽  
Household Income ◽  
Functional Limitations ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Persons With Disabilities ◽  
Workplace Engagement ◽  
Job Opportunities ◽  
Race Ethnicity

Unemployment is common for persons with disabilities but little is known about the different reasons why people with disabilities may not be seeking employment. This study identified the reasons that people living with disabilities report for not seeking employment, from the 2015 Kessler Foundation National Employment and Disability Survey (KFNEDS) and variation of reasons by demographic, socioeconomic, and disability characteristics. We conducted a content analysis of responses to an open-ended question on the KFNEDS. The analytic sample ( n = 1,254) included adults (ages 18–64) living with disabilities, who self-identified as either unemployed or not seeking employment. Team coding used a hybrid inductive/deductive approach to identify nine meaningful reasons why people with disabilities may not seek employment. Overall, medical conditions, functional limitations, or their disability were more likely to be reported as reasons for not seeking work, rather than situational reasons associated with workplace engagement, such as “lack of job opportunities.” Bivariate comparisons of codes across demographic, socioeconomic, and disability characteristics noted variability in reasons reported by respondents by sex, race/ethnicity, age, household income, and disability. These findings provide an understanding of diverse reasons for not seeking employment, which can inform programs and policies that promote labor force participation of people with disabilities.

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