Barriers- disabled people
- Created by: Emilymoz98
- Created on: 07-12-17 20:13
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- Barriers
- Public access
- Most ATMs are too high for wheelchair users
- (Imrie, 1998)
- 10% restaurants have disabled toilet access
- (Scope, 2004)
- 1 in 5 disabled parking spaces used by non-disabled
- Most ATMs are too high for wheelchair users
- Transport
- 39% disabled people do not use buses
- (Barnes and Mercer, 2010)
- Reliant on taxis- costly
- Most tube stations aren't accessible- stairs/ escalators
- 39% disabled people do not use buses
- Housing
- Half-hearted effortd
- (Barnes and Mercer, 2010)
- New houses are required to have a level entry
- Large number of homeless people are disabled
- (March, 2017)
- Only 7% of UK housing is accessible
- (The Guardian, 2017)
- Discrimination
- Half-hearted effortd
- Technology
- 'Complicated relationship'
- (Sheldon, 2014)
- Less likely to own a phone
- Adaptations are costly
- Technology is hard to use for many disabled people and old people
- 'Complicated relationship'
- Public access
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