This paper is based on 8 months of sociological participatory fieldwork at the office Gottlieb Paludan Architects, following design process a new concourse area for Ny Ellebjerg Station in Copenhagen, Denmark. The study aims to trace what presence users with physical disabilities possessed during which they were not physically present or explicitly involved. bases its findings visual material p...

Physically disabled and mentally challenged people are an important part of our society that has not yet received the same opportunities as others in their inclusion in the Information Society. Therefore, it is necessary to develop easily accessible systems for computers to achieve their inclusion within the new technologies. This paper presents a project whose objective is to draw disabled peo...

In this article, the historical use of crafts in occupational therapy for the physically disabled patient is reviewed and the results of a survey aimed at describing current craft use is presented. A questionnaire was sent to a random sample of 250 occupational therapists throughout the United States who chose physical disabilities as their specialty section. Results demonstrated that, while mo...

Representation and discrimination of those with mobility sensory impairments is a serious problem in academia, especially the Earth sciences. Non-disabled academics must fight prejudice increase support to, visibility of, physically impaired colleagues, states Paul Upchurch.