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Disability Defined
Overview of Applied Research
Research Methods
Review of literature
Library research - books
Research journals (Social Sciences Index, Psychological Abstracts)
Popular (Readers’ Guide, Art Index)
Internet
Interviews (of experts, organizational representatives, participants)
Research Methods (cont.)
Questionnaires (to determine attitudes, accessibility, opinions,
preferences)
Observations (to see how people behave).
Experimental
Disability Definitions
Non-ambulatory disabilities -
Impairments, regardless of cause of manifestation, that for all practical
purposes confine individuals to wheelchairs.
Semi-ambulatory disabilities -
Impairments that cause individuals to walk with difficulty or insecurity
and with the assistance of mechanical aids: prosthetic devices, metal
braces, artificial limbs, canes, walkers, crutches.
Disability Definitions
Sight disabilities -
total blindness or impairments affecting sight to the extent that the
individual is insecure or exposed to danger.
Hearing disabilities -
deafness or hearing handicap that might make an individual insecure
because s/he is unable to communicate or hear warning signals.
Disability Definitions
Aging disabilities -
those manifestations of the aging process that significantly reduce
mobility, flexibility, coordination, and perceptiveness.
Developmental disabilities -
Impairments attributable to conditions that impair general intellectual
functioning, coordination, or adaptive behavior (e.g., cerebral palsy,
epilepsy, autism, learning disabilities or mental retardation)
Brainstorming: the Rules
Will be on a topic related to accessible/barrier free design.
Will develop expertise
Select your topic judiciously
Do not restrict your choice to the suggested topics.
Some Suggested Topics
The elderly and color perception
Home safety for toddlers
Residential design for the environmentally sensitive
Using computers to aid quadriplegics (or the blind or any other special
population
Is SFSU accessible?
Implementing ADA in theaters.
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