Hi there,
Our university is promoting UD as the way to stop accommodating and start designing into the classroom and campus. See our website for links:
http://www.mcgill.ca/osd/resources/external-resources#C4
And there are many more links depending on what you are looking at doing.
Thanks
Heather
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On 2012-07-06, at 10:08 AM, Anne Cunningham <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> HI Marion,
>
> I'd be interested in your references to Universal Design. We support
> equality in the visual arts and are extending our flagship building to
> include 30 more artist studios and an exhibition space in Wakefield. Design
> in progress as we speak!
>
> I'm particularly interested in design for mental health if you have any
> references in relation to this.
>
> Best
>
> Anne
>
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> From: The Disability-Research Discussion List
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Paul Sullivan
> Sent: 06 July 2012 15:06
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Disability research for PhD, definition of Disability and
> design for all/sustainable design
>
> Hi Marion,
>
> I would be really interested in the stuff on Universal
> Design you mention below. I am doing some work on this for
> my job as Champion for Access in a museum service. Anything
> you could let me have will be useful.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Paul
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "m.hersh" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2012 2:26 PM
> Subject: Re: Disability research for PhD, definition of
> Disability and design for all/sustainable design
>
>
>> Hi,
>> Choosing appropriate limits for a concept so you produce a
>> paper rather
>> than a series of books is difficult. However, could I
>> suggest that
>> there might be value in looking at other types of
>> restrictions rather
>> than based on the type of impairment, for instance based
>> on the context
>> e.g. in the workplace, in the health system etc. This
>> also has the
>> advantage of getting away from the medical model. A
>> follow-up paper
>> could then invovle comparison of different contexts.
>> There may also be
>> other ways of restricting what you are looking at.
>> Whether or not
>> people are able to complete a questionnaire themselves
>> depends to some
>> extent on how the questionnaire is written, the use of
>> language etc. In
>> practical terms you will probably have to limit it to
>> people who are
>> able to complete the questionnaire themselves, but that
>> does not
>> necessarily exclude particular types of impairments,
>> though it may
>> reduce the response rates from people in those groups.
>>
>> Someone sent a request recently for something to do with
>> design for
>> all/universal design and sustainable design (or something
>> similar). I
>> have looked at this and could send you some references or
>> email them to
>> the list if there is more general interest.
>> Regards
>> Marion
>>
>>
>> On 27/06/2012 13:46, Dale Reardon wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Bad terminology on my part. It is definitely trying to
>>> limit the scope of
>>> my research that is being done.
>>>
>>> I don't want to limit the definition of disability - it
>>> will just be a
>>> question of whether I examine all disabilities or limit
>>> which ones I look
>>> at.
>>>
>>> I had viewed mental disabilities as difficult to survey
>>> which was going to
>>> be part of my methodology. Ethically it will be harder
>>> to get approval and
>>> it may be necessary to have others fill out a survey on
>>> their behalf.
>>>
>>> I plan to conduct the surveys using web based facilities,
>>> perhaps survey
>>> monkey, and if the people have limited mental capacity
>>> that may prove
>>> difficult for them.
>>>
>>> I certainly don't wish to further discrimination by
>>> excluding them though.
>>>
>>> I will give a more considered reflection tomorrow when
>>> have further
>>> considered all the comments. It is proving to be very
>>> thought provoking and
>>> very useful.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Dale.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Dale Reardon
>>>
>>> Phone: 03 62867105 Mobile: 0420 277457
>>>
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>>> <http://www.twitter.com/dalereardon/> and Facebook
>>> <http://www.facebook.com/dalereardon/>
>>>
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>>> discrimination law,
>>> Disability Issues and higher education
>>>
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>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: The Disability-Research Discussion List
>>> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
>>> Tina Minkowitz
>>> Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2012 9:34 PM
>>> To: [log in to unmask]
>>> Subject: Re: Disability research for PhD, definition of
>>> Disability
>>>
>>> Hi Dale,
>>>
>>> It concerns me that you are talking about "limiting the
>>> definition of
>>> disability" rather than about limiting the scope of your
>>> paper. I believe
>>> also that limiting the scope of your paper to exclude
>>> mental disabilities
>>> may be unwittingly falling into discrimination. Could
>>> you say more about
>>> why you think that the distinction between mental and
>>> physical disabilities
>>> is a useful way to narrow the scope? People with mental
>>> disabilities are
>>> often the most discriminated against in law, and are also
>>> unjustly excluded
>>> from the definition of disability in many countries, so
>>> that excluding this
>>> group from the research on anti-discrimination law would
>>> perpetuate its
>>> exclusion more broadly.
>>>
>>> Interestingly, it may be that all disability can be
>>> experienced in physical/
>>> sensory/ mental/ intellectual and other dimensions. As I
>>> read in the report
>>> of a training seminar of people with "psychosocial"
>>> disabilities, the leader
>>> presented it in this way with a resulting rich
>>> discussion.
>>>
>>> Best wishes,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Tina Minkowitz, Esq.
>>> Center for the Human Rights of Users and Survivors of
>>> Psychiatry
>>> www.chrusp.org
>>> [log in to unmask]
>>>
>>> International Representative
>>> World Network of Users and Survivors of Psychiatry
>>> www.wnusp.net
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Jun 27, 2012, at 2:16 AM, Dale Reardon wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I am blind myself and undertaking some PhD research into
>>> anti-discrimination law in Australia - perhaps an
>>> international comparison
>>> as well.
>>>
>>> My supervisors have suggested that I confine the research
>>> to vision
>>> impairment disability but I am concerned that may be too
>>> narrow.
>>>
>>> I have thought of confining the research to physical
>>> disabilities -
>>> drawing a distinction from mental impairments, acquired
>>> head injuries etc.
>>> Hence I would cover people in wheelchairs, blindness,
>>> deafness - the
>>> physical disabilities.
>>>
>>> Can the definition of disability be limited easily to
>>> physical
>>> disabilities? Are there some disabilities that I haven't
>>> considered that
>>> could fall in both categories?
>>>
>>> Thanks for ideas and discussion.
>>>
>>> Dale.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Dale Reardon
>>>
>>> Phone: 03 62867105 Mobile: 0420 277457
>>>
>>> Follow me on Twitter <http://www.twitter.com/dalereardon/
>>> <http://www.twitter.com/dalereardon/> > and Facebook
>>> <http://www.facebook.com/dalereardon/
>>> <http://www.facebook.com/dalereardon/>
>>>
>>> My blog <http://www.dalereardon.com.au/
>>> <http://www.dalereardon.com.au/> > covering
>>> discrimination law, Disability
>>> Issues and higher education
>>>
>>> For information on moving to Tasmania, see Settled In
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>>>
>>>
>>>
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