The Resource Disabled people and housing : Choices, opportunities and barriers
Disabled people and housing : Choices, opportunities and barriers
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Resource Information
The item Disabled people and housing : Choices, opportunities and barriers represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of San Diego Libraries.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- Summary
- 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
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (226 pages)
- Contents
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- 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
- Isbn
- 9781847428059
- Label
- Disabled people and housing : Choices, opportunities and barriers
- Title
- Disabled people and housing
- Title remainder
- Choices, opportunities and barriers
- Subject
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- Behinderter
- Electronic books
- Electronic resource
- Great Britain
- Großbritannien
- POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy | City Planning & Urban Development
- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Infrastructure
- People with disabilities -- Housing -- Great Britain
- Personer med funktionsnedsättning -- hem och bostäder -- Storbritannien
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General
- Wohnung
- People with disabilities -- Housing
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- 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
- Cataloging source
- EBLCP
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Hemingway, Laura
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
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- dictionaries
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- People with disabilities
- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS
- SOCIAL SCIENCE
- POLITICAL SCIENCE
- People with disabilities
- Great Britain
- Behinderter
- Wohnung
- Großbritannien
- Personer med funktionsnedsättning
- Label
- Disabled people and housing : Choices, opportunities and barriers
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
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- 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
- Control code
- ocn747409560
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (226 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781847428059
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- c
- Note
- JSTOR
- Other control number
- 9786613224484
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 22573/ctt8hh0t5
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)747409560
- Label
- Disabled people and housing : Choices, opportunities and barriers
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- 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
- Control code
- ocn747409560
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (226 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781847428059
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Note
- JSTOR
- Other control number
- 9786613224484
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 22573/ctt8hh0t5
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)747409560
Subject
- Behinderter
- Electronic books
- Electronic resource
- Great Britain
- Großbritannien
- POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy | City Planning & Urban Development
- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Infrastructure
- People with disabilities -- Housing -- Great Britain
- Personer med funktionsnedsättning -- hem och bostäder -- Storbritannien
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General
- Wohnung
- People with disabilities -- Housing
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