For millions of disabled people around the world the wheelchair has been one of the most important technological innovations of the twentieth century. From its inception as a relatively cumbersome, heavy machine, designed principally for indoor use, the wheelchair has evolved into a sophisticated and highly technical mode of transport. Wheelchairs are, at least in the Global North, relatively widely used and universally recognizable – so recognizable that they have become the cultural symbol to represent all disabled people. Wheelchairs are often viewed with trepidation: as machines that disable, confine, and deprive their occupant of independence – as medical devices that doctors prescribe only to the sick, the wounded or the elderly. Such...
Abstract Questioning how knowledge is produced, the value attributed to it, by whom and for what pur...
Cette thèse porte sur le processus d’unification de la catégorie de handicap en France au XXe siècle...
When scholars contemplate the legal tools available to policymakers for encouraging innovation, they...
This article recounts some early findings on a history of powered wheelchairs in the 20th century fr...
The emergence of the ultralightweight wheelchair has transformed the lives of millions of disabled p...
The emergence of powered wheelchairs has revolutionised the experience of disabled people. Not only ...
The emergence of the ultralightweight wheelchair has transformed the lives of millions of disa-bled ...
The emergence of the ultralightweight wheelchair has transformed the lives of millions of disa-bled ...
[FIRST PARAGRAPH] For millions of disabled people around the world one of the most important sites o...
Scholars point out a tension between racial justice and disability rights activism. Although racial ...
People with physical and mental impairments have earned increasing recognition as a coherent force i...
This book explores the societal resistance to accessibility for persons with disabilities, and tries...
Aim: The meaning of wheelchair and seating assistive technology and the impact inappropriate provisi...
The International Symbol of Access (ISA) produces, capacitates, and debilitates disability in partic...
In this dissertation, I argue that attempts by activists and policy makers to improve access to Japa...
Abstract Questioning how knowledge is produced, the value attributed to it, by whom and for what pur...
Cette thèse porte sur le processus d’unification de la catégorie de handicap en France au XXe siècle...
When scholars contemplate the legal tools available to policymakers for encouraging innovation, they...
This article recounts some early findings on a history of powered wheelchairs in the 20th century fr...
The emergence of the ultralightweight wheelchair has transformed the lives of millions of disabled p...
The emergence of powered wheelchairs has revolutionised the experience of disabled people. Not only ...
The emergence of the ultralightweight wheelchair has transformed the lives of millions of disa-bled ...
The emergence of the ultralightweight wheelchair has transformed the lives of millions of disa-bled ...
[FIRST PARAGRAPH] For millions of disabled people around the world one of the most important sites o...
Scholars point out a tension between racial justice and disability rights activism. Although racial ...
People with physical and mental impairments have earned increasing recognition as a coherent force i...
This book explores the societal resistance to accessibility for persons with disabilities, and tries...
Aim: The meaning of wheelchair and seating assistive technology and the impact inappropriate provisi...
The International Symbol of Access (ISA) produces, capacitates, and debilitates disability in partic...
In this dissertation, I argue that attempts by activists and policy makers to improve access to Japa...
Abstract Questioning how knowledge is produced, the value attributed to it, by whom and for what pur...
Cette thèse porte sur le processus d’unification de la catégorie de handicap en France au XXe siècle...
When scholars contemplate the legal tools available to policymakers for encouraging innovation, they...