Beyond access: A case study on the intersection between accessibility, sustainability, and universal design

Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 439-450

  Gossett, Andrea ^a   Mirza, Mansha ^b   Barnds, Ann Kathleen ^c   Feidt, Daisy ^d  

^a EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Occupational Therapy ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^d Dpartment of Access Living of Metropolitan Chicago   (United States)

Author keywords

Accessibility; Sustainability; Universal design

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSTRUCTION WORK AND ARCHITECTURAL PHENOMENA; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; DISABLED PERSON; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; POLLUTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STANDARD; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; PREJUDICE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS;

ARCHITECTURAL ACCESSIBILITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; DECISION MAKING; DISABLED PERSONS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; HUMANS; PREJUDICE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL JUSTICE;

EID: 70749109711     PISSN: 17483107     EISSN: 17483115     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17483100903100301     Document Type: Article

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