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Aarthi Parivallal - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Exploring accessibility issues of a public building for the mobility impaired. Case study: interstate bus terminal (ISBT), Vijayawada, India*
Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology, 2017Co-Authors: Valliappan Alagappan, Albert Hefferan, Aarthi ParivallalAbstract:AbstrActRight to access in the built environment creates equal and nondiscriminatory opportunities to a person with disabilities in order to move freely around and interAct positively without hindrance and barriers. The objective of the study is to understand the existing accessibility related issues and implementation of guidelines and standards for public buildings. The technical verification using onsite and offsite access audit format for current provision of facilities in the internal and external environment has been carried out with the format prepared in reference to Central Public Works Department (CPWD) accessibility guidelines for mobility impaired and elderly and American Disability Act (ADA) guidelines. The access audit format included parameters like accessibility, safety, security, comfort and convenience and it addresses the barriers faced by wheel chair users, people with crutches, prosthetics and with non-assistive devices. The study addressed accessibility compliance in three zones of t...
Valliappan Alagappan - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Exploring accessibility issues of a public building for the mobility impaired. Case study: interstate bus terminal (ISBT), Vijayawada, India*
Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology, 2017Co-Authors: Valliappan Alagappan, Albert Hefferan, Aarthi ParivallalAbstract:AbstrActRight to access in the built environment creates equal and nondiscriminatory opportunities to a person with disabilities in order to move freely around and interAct positively without hindrance and barriers. The objective of the study is to understand the existing accessibility related issues and implementation of guidelines and standards for public buildings. The technical verification using onsite and offsite access audit format for current provision of facilities in the internal and external environment has been carried out with the format prepared in reference to Central Public Works Department (CPWD) accessibility guidelines for mobility impaired and elderly and American Disability Act (ADA) guidelines. The access audit format included parameters like accessibility, safety, security, comfort and convenience and it addresses the barriers faced by wheel chair users, people with crutches, prosthetics and with non-assistive devices. The study addressed accessibility compliance in three zones of t...
Suzanne Heaven - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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the provision made by higher education library services for people with disabilities
Library and Information Research, 2009Co-Authors: Suzanne HeavenAbstract:This article examines the results of a Masters research project which examined the provision provided by Higher Education (HE) library services for students with disabilities within the context of the new Disability legislation,The Special Educational Needs and Disability Act 2001 (SENDA), which came into force on 1st September 2002. Five HE libraries were selected as case studies and this included interviews with staff, an accessibility audit of services and facilities and a questionnaire targeted at students with disabilities. Library provision was assessed in light of library policies, procedures and prActices. On the positive side, all libraries had a Disability representative and many staff attended Disability awareness training. However, accessibility of the built environment was often inadequate for the needs of people with disabilities. Lighting was poor, shelving was of inappropriate width and height and signage was far from ideal. Recommendations to improve provision included: compilation of formal written Disability policies; compulsory Disability awareness training and proActive promotion of available facilities.
Albert Hefferan - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Exploring accessibility issues of a public building for the mobility impaired. Case study: interstate bus terminal (ISBT), Vijayawada, India*
Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology, 2017Co-Authors: Valliappan Alagappan, Albert Hefferan, Aarthi ParivallalAbstract:AbstrActRight to access in the built environment creates equal and nondiscriminatory opportunities to a person with disabilities in order to move freely around and interAct positively without hindrance and barriers. The objective of the study is to understand the existing accessibility related issues and implementation of guidelines and standards for public buildings. The technical verification using onsite and offsite access audit format for current provision of facilities in the internal and external environment has been carried out with the format prepared in reference to Central Public Works Department (CPWD) accessibility guidelines for mobility impaired and elderly and American Disability Act (ADA) guidelines. The access audit format included parameters like accessibility, safety, security, comfort and convenience and it addresses the barriers faced by wheel chair users, people with crutches, prosthetics and with non-assistive devices. The study addressed accessibility compliance in three zones of t...
Charles Oppenheim - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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the provision of library services for visually impaired students in uk further education libraries in response to the special educational needs and Disability Act senda
Journal of Librarianship and Information Science, 2003Co-Authors: Clare Harris, Charles OppenheimAbstract:The provision of library resources for visually impaired students in the further education sector was investigated, and the effect the Special Educational Needs and Disability Act 2001 had on this was explored. Questionnaires were sent to library professionals in 230 further education colleges, in England, Scotland and Wales, in order to examine the general level of awareness and implications of the Act. Five respondents were interviewed to discover in more depth how the Act had affected libraries and the provision of resources for visually impaired students. Advice was also sought from the RNIB and others and a conference about ‘Enabling ILT to Include All Learners’ was attended. It was found that the Act had affected each library differently. Some were better equipped to implement the requirements of the Act due to the resources already in place, the positive attitudes of senior management encouraging advancements in this area and previous experience in assisting visually impaired students. Other librar...