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1. 6. Functioning and disability in adults with hearing loss : the preparatory studies in the ICF Core sets for hearing loss project

   Författare :Sarah Granberg; Berth Danermark; Kerstin Möller; Claes Möller; Jerome Bickenbach; Örebro universitet; []
   Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; hearing loss; adults; ICF; classification; functioning; disability; linking; Handikappvetenskap; Disability Science;

   Sammanfattning : Hearing loss (HL) is a health condition that affects more than 360 million people worldwide. The findings from previous research point at the adverse relationship between adults with hearing loss and important aspects of everyday life such as social relations, communication and work-related tasks. LÄS MER

3. 7. FACE : Disabled People, Technology and Internet

   Författare :Peter Anderberg; Bodil Jönsson; Alan Roulstone; Certec - Rehabiliteringsteknik och Design; []
   Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Design; FACE; Independent Living; Disability Studies; Social Model; Internet; Functioning; Rehabilitation Engineering; Care and help to handicapped; Handikappade; vård och rehabilitering; SoTL; Design; FACE; Independent Living; Disability Studies; Social Model; Internet; Functioning; Rehabilitation Engineering; Care and help to handicapped; Handikappade; vård och rehabilitering; SoTL;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis is based on the Internet experiences of people withsignificant mobility/physical impairments who are proficient andexperienced computer users in their computer world but havelimitations in mobility that severely restrict their functioning inthe physical world. The Internet functioning of this group isanalysed by means of the factors attitude, control and enabling,with the main focus on what is achievable when all accessproblems such as unadapted interfaces, beginners’ difficulties andthe digital divide are overcome. LÄS MER

4. 8. The Activity Diamond - Modeling an Enhanced Accessibility

   Författare :Per-Olof Hedvall; Bodil Jönsson; Victor Kaptelinin; Certec - Rehabiliteringsteknik och Design; []
   Nyckelord :TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Activity Diamond; Cultural-historical Activity Theory; Disability; Epiaccessibility; Accessibility; Lived Accessibility; Design; ICF; Social model; Activity Diamond; Cultural-historical Activity Theory; Disability; Epiaccessibility; Accessibility; Lived Accessibility; Design; ICF; Social model;

   Sammanfattning : The purpose of the research presented in this thesis is to enhance the field of accessibility to include a multitude of perspectives. Based on cultural-historical activity theory (CHAT), it analyzes how human, artifactual and natural factors impact an individual’s possibilities to act in concrete situations that are part of a systemic whole. LÄS MER

5. 9. Planning of Environments for People with Physical Disabilities Using Computer Aided Design

   Författare :Joakim Eriksson; Ergonomi och aerosolteknologi; []
   Nyckelord :TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; manikin; Virtual Reality; CAD; computer aided design; 3D graphics; design tool; participatory planning; adaptation; Rehabilitation; disability; anthropometry; Technological sciences; magnetic resonance imaging; MRI; cervical spine kinematics; Teknik; biomechanics;

   Sammanfattning : In the area of environment adaptations for people with physical disabilities, it is of vital importance that the design is optimized considering the human-environment interactions. All involved persons in such a planning process must be given sufficient support in understanding the information, so that everyone can participate actively. LÄS MER

7. 10. Design as Reflection

   Författare :Elin Olander; Industridesign; []
   Nyckelord :TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Product Experiences; Reflective Design; Self-image; Meaningfulness; Stigmatizing; Users with Disabilities; Assistive Devices.;

   Sammanfattning : For young persons with disabilities it is important to be as everyone else and not deviating from the normative in an unwanted way. Assistive devices are products that persons with disabilities can use to get accessibility to our society. Such products enable the person to participate in activities he or she wishes to take part in. LÄS MER