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Disabled people and housing : Choices, opportunities and barriers.
By examining policy, meanings of 'home' and potential barriers to housing options, this book provides a comprehensive overview and investigation of housing issues for disabled people from a social model perspective.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Bristol :
Policy Press,
2011.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- DISABLED PEOPLE AND HOUSING; vContents; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; Disabled people and housing; About the book; Language and terminology; Key themes and structure of the book; 2. Housing policy and disabled people: from past to present; From 'institutional' living to 'community care'; The Conservatives, the Disability Discrimination Act and independent living; New Labour: positive progress or repeating the past?; The Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition: new possibilities?; International insights: housing and disabled people outside the UK; Conclusion.
- 3. Understanding disability: from 'personal tragedy' to social disadvantageIndividual understandings of disability: personal disadvantage?; The social approach: broadening our perceptions?; Barriers and opportunities: the social model in practice; Conclusion; 4. Physical and communication barriers: the built environment and access to information; Accessible housing: from 'special needs' to 'universal design'; Finding suitable housing in inaccessible surroundings; Addressing physical barriers in housing; Communication constraints in housing provision.
- Addressing communication barriers in housingConclusion; 5. Financial considerations: income, affordability and risk assessment; Money matters: income and employment for disabled people; Assessing individuals: owner-occupation and risk evaluation; The 'credit crunch' and its aftermath; Addressing financial barriers to housing; Conclusion; 6. Attitudinal constraints: assumptions and institutional practices; The house-building and construction industries; Rented accommodation: allocation procedures and exclusion; Owner-occupation and risk assessment; Addressing attitudinal barriers to housing.
- Conclusion7. Creating the 'home' in a society of barriers; Disabled people's access to housing: a social model perspective; Experiences of housing: meanings of 'home' for disabled people; Key conclusions; References; Index.