Home is Where the Start is
The Housing and Urban Experiences of Visually Impaired Children
Policy Press
Published on 20. November 2002
Book
Paperback/Softback
48 pages
978-1-86134-456-4 (ISBN)
Description
There has been a wealth of social research on the housing and urban environmental experiences of physically impaired adults. This research has influenced policy makers, and urban environments are now becoming more inclusive for people with physical impairments. This report examines the experiences of children with visual impairments. It finds that visually impaired children's housing and urban environmental needs have not been particularly well represented by urban policy makers. "Home is Where the Start Is" highlights the following issues: measures to address physical layout of the environment are less important to visually impaired children than they are to physically impaired adults; children's experiences of movement in the urban environment are more problematic than the design of the urban environment; and the social experience of living in a poor urban area affects visually impaired children's experience of disability more than the physical layout of the urban environment. This report makes recommendations for future policy and practice. It should be of use to housing, planning and urban regeneration practitioners and policy makers.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Bristol
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
3tabs.
Dimensions
Height: 297 mm
Width: 210 mm
Weight
210 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-86134-456-4 (9781861344564)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Chris Allen is a Research Fellow at the Centre for Sustainable Urban and Regional Futures (SURF), University of Salford. Jo Milner is a Lecturer in the School of Construction Management and Engineering, University of Reading. Dawn Price was employed as a research consultant on this project.
Content
The children; fixed environments; mobile environments; changing the home and urban environment; towards the social inclusion of visually impaired children.