Universal design as a rehabilitation strategy : design for the ages / Jon A. Sanford.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Cover; Half Title; Author Biography; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Prologue; Part 1 Form, Function, and Functionality; One The Functionality of Form: The Link Between Design and Rehabilitation; Social Construction Models; Theoretical Implications for Universal Design as a Rehabilitation Strategy; Two The Fiasco of Form: Disabling Design; Disability, Ability, and Disability; Everyday Design; Environmental Barriers: Design Implications of Ability; Summary; Three Funtion Follows Fiasco: Specialized Designs for Enabling Disabling Design.

Assistive TechnologyAccessible Design; Stigma of Specialized Design; Four Form Follows Function and Functionality: Universal Design as Enabling Design; Universal Design Versus Specialized Design; The Principles of Universal Design; Activity, Participation, and the Principles; Other Approaches to UD Principles; UD principles and the ICF: A Comparison of Alternatives; Is It Universal?; References for Part 1; Part 2 Design for the Ages: Universal Design as a Rehabilitation Strategy for Aging in Place and Aging in the Workplace.

Five Housing Environments: Universal Design as a Rehabilitation Strategy for Aging in PlaceHousing Health: Health Technology as a Therapeutic Intervention; Advancing Activity: Specialized Design as a Prosthetic Intervention; Promoting Participation: Visitable Design as Everyday Interventions for Aging in Place; Advancing Activity and Promoting Participation: UD as Everyday Interventions for Aging in Place; Universal Design for Aging in Place: Case Studies of Toileting and Bathing; Six Work Environments: Universal Design as a Rehabilitation Strategy for Aging in the Workplace.

Prosthetic and Therapeutic Roles of the Work EnvironmentAccommodating Activity: Specialized Design as a Prosthetic Intervention; Workplace Well-being: Sociopetal Space as a Therapeutic Intervention; Accommodating Activity and Promoting Participation: Universal Design as Everyday Interventions for Aging in the Workplace; Seven Barriers to Adoption of Universal Design as a Rehabilitation Strategy; Public Safety Disincentives for UD; Provider Perceptions and Practices; Personal Perceptions; Consumer Confidence; References for Part 2.

Part 3 Breaking Down Barriers: Adoption of Universal Design as a Rehabilitation InterventionEight Universal Design as a Rehabilitation Strategy; Adopting an ICF Model of Disability; Medicalizing the Home and the Work Environments; Putting Health Back Into Health, Safety, and Welfare; Certifying Providers; Sensitizing Consumers; Nine Whither Universal Design?; References for Part 3; Index.

English.

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