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BL
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719912
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b539605
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edited by Edward Steinfeld and G. Scott Danford.
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Enabling environments : : measuring the impact of environment on disability and rehabilitation\ edited by Edward Steinfeld and G. Scott Danford.
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| Publication Statement
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New York: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, [1999] ©1999
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| Series Statement
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Plenum series in rehabilitation and health.
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(xvi, 418 pages) : illustrations
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| ISBN
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1461548411
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: 9781461548416
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| Contents
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Theory as a basis for research on enabling environments / Edward Steinfeld and G. Scott Danford --;Research implications of universal design / Bettye Rose Connell and Jon A. Sanford --;Space requirements for accessibility : cross-cultural comparisons / Theo J.M. van der Voordt --;"The enabler" applied to occupational therapy : reliability of a usability rating scale / Susanne Iwarsson and Åke Isacsson --;Measuring the influences of physical environments on the behaviors of people with impairments / G. Scott Danford and Edward Steinfeld --;Measuring constraints to inhabitant activities / David B. Lantrip --;Assessing special care units for dementia : the Professional environmental assessment protocol / Carolyn Norris-Baker, Gerald D. Weisman, M. Powell Lawton, Philip Sloane, and Migette Kaup --;Using environmental simulation to test the validity of code requirements / Jon A. Sanford and Mary Beth Megrew --;A day's journey through Life : an assessment game / Ron Sekulski, Louise Jones and Leon A. Pastalan --;Detection and discrimination of tactile warning signals in field conditions / Edward Steinfeld and Gary Richmond --;Stigma and architecture / Julia W. Robinson and Travis Thompson --;Evaluating models and measures of environmental performance / David B. Lantrip --;Computer simulation of cane techniques used by people with visual impairments for accessibility analysis / Bruce B. Blasch, William R. De L'Aune, and Franklyn K. Coombs --;Evaluating accessibility through computer-aided design : a software model / Margaret Haley and Julio Bermudez --;Wayfinding performance by people with visual impairments / Gail Finkel --;Postoccupancy evaluation of universally accessible multifamily housing units / Patricia L. Falta --;Selecting person-environment assessment / Barbara Acheson Cooper, Lori Letts, Patricia Rigby, Mary Law, Debra Stewart, and Susan Strong.
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| Abstract
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TItis volume is the first effort to compile representative work in the emerging research area on the relationship of disability and physical environment since Barrier-Free Environments, edited by Michael Bednar, was published in 1977.
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Barrier-free design -- United States.
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Dwellings -- Barrier-free design -- United States.
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People with disabilities -- Rehabilitation -- United States.
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| LC Classification
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NA2545.P5E358 9999
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Edward Steinfeld
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G Scott Danford
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