This master's thesis describes the design of new object of civic amenities on the outskirts of the city of Zlín. The new building is situated in flat terrain. The building has two floors and basement. Roofing is solved by single-flat extensive green roof. The purpose of master’s thesis is to design a building for meeting and relaxation citizens from the nearby surroundings. There is one entrance lead to the object and it is accessible from the eastern boundary of the property. The whole building was designed accessible for people with reduced mobility and orientation.

Diploma thesis deals with a design of the retirement home for seniors in the town of Bučovice. The house is a three-storey building with a rectangular floor plan partly situated in the slope. In the middle of the building, there is an atrium reaching to the second floor. The construction is covered by a flat green roof. The building is designed for the permanent residence of 28 seniors, with their rooms including sanitary facilities located on the two upper floors. The operational and technical facility for both the residents and personnel, including canteen with kitchen and doctor's practice, is located on the ground floor of the house. The construction system of the building is designed as a combination of monolithic concrete and masonry. The whole house is designed as accessible.

Syftet med denna studie är att genom enskilda intervjuer få kunskap om hur tio elever upplever den extra hjälp de får i form av studieverkstadens verksamhet på den skola som de går på. Hur beskriver elever att deras skolsituation påverkats (kunskapsmässigt och socialt) av deltagandet, vilka faktorer påverkar upplevelsen, och hur värderar de studieverkstaden gentemot vistelse i ordinarie klassrum respektive andra specialpedagogiska lösningar för de elever som tidigare haft sådana? Eftersom intervjuerna genomfördes på två olika skolor, en högstadie- och en gymnasieskola, som har olika upplägg på sina studieverkstäder, finns också en jämförande aspekt i arbetet. Eleverna på båda skolorna upplever antalet elever i studieverkstaden som en avgörande faktor för hur bra de kan få hjälp där. På högstadieskolan är antalet ofta lågt, och på den betydligt större gymnasieskolan ofta högt. Den andra faktorn som eleverna uppger påverkar deras möjligheter till lärande är lärarnas ämneskompetens, vilken ibland brister på högstadieskolans studieverkstad. Vikten av att utvärdera placeringarna med täta mellanrum belyses också i studien. Studien visar vidare att de effekter de intervjuade eleverna upplever av att vistas i studieverkstaden främst handlar om ökat lugn och fokus, bättre mående, bättre studieresultat och ökad förståelse av ämnet. Till skillnad från högstadieeleverna nämner gymnasieeleverna också bättre betyg som ett positivt resultat, något de anser gynnar självkänslan. Gymnasieleverna upplever det som en stressfaktor att studieverkstaden förlänger studiedagen. Samtidigt upplevs förbättrade studieresultat reducera stress. Däremot upplever varken gymnasie- eller högstadieeleverna någon större påverkan på trivseln i skolan eller relationen till klasskamraterna.

This master’s thesis explores what could be the usability affordances of tactile interfaces, imbedded with physical commands, and voice interfaces,when used by older people that have visual impairments and cognitive declines. The aim is to contribute to the development of more accessible media.Through an adapted design thinking approach and qualitative methods, relevant literature, benchmarking on existing technologies, and empirical data, it has showed that the usability affordances of the two interfaces differ from each other. The presence of variousus ability affordances is found to be decided by individual perception and severity of impairments. Thus, each interface accommodates some users better than others. The outcome of the master’s thesis can be used for future developers of accessible media when exploring new interfaces that could be better suited for people with disabilities.

People with disabilities, including those on the autism spectrum, comprise the world's largest minority and experience significant inequities in Internet use. Existing standards for accessible web sites are necessary but not sufficient without the direct engagement of end users in identifying access needs. Yet little is known about methods for effective engagement, and there are no systematically derived Web accessibility guidelines for autistic end users. Here I explore a hybrid approach to direct engagement using critical systems thinking (CST) and community based participatory research (CBPR) during the co-development of a healthcare-focused web site by the Academic Autism Spectrum Partnership in Research and Education (AASPIRE). I explore these ideas on three levels: theory, practice, and critical self-reflection. On the theory level, I examine the common philosophical and historical roots of CST and CBPR, ways in which they intersect and complement, and propose the hybrid approach exemplified by AASPIRE. On the practice level, I explore our web site development process and evaluate the accessibility, usability, and acceptability of the web site for autistic end users; from that work, comes a set of recommendations for working with people with disabilities in technology development and a set of accessibility guidelines for autistic end users. On the critical self-reflection level, I inquire into my own experiences as an insider-researcher during the web site development. I then synthesize the levels to evaluate whether or not taking a hybrid CST/CBPR approach to web development was effective, as indicated by the team's ability to function as an emancipatory learning organization (an indicator of effective systems thinking on an organizational level), and the overall usability and accessibility of the web site. The result of the synthesis suggests a hybrid CST/CBPR approach was effective. Implications of this work include innovations in CST methods for operationalizing its commitment to human emancipation, potential for drawing a more ideologically-aligned systems thinking literature into the domain of CBPR, a means for individuals wishing to create a more power-balanced learning organization, innovations around including people with disabilities in research and technology development, more accessible web sites for people on the autism spectrum, and a potential small shift of dominant discourse around autism, disability, and the value of insider-researchers over time.

The subject of this diploma thesis is structural and constructional design of a new multifunctional building in Spišská Belá. It is a new detached building structure with one basement floor and three above-ground floors, designed on a plot number 1859 in cadastre unit Spišská Belá. The designed building is constructed of clay masonry system with contact thermal insulation and supported by strip foundations. Ceiling constructions of above-ground floors are made of prefabricated components. The basement ceiling is made of reinforced concrete. Object is roofed by saddle roof set on wooden roof truss. There are four three room flats, one accessible flat, bicycle shop and flats facilities, situated in the building. The focus during development was on wheelchair access.

Web forms are one of the main points of user interaction on the internet. It is important that these forms are developed to be accessible to as many people as possible. The project aims to reduce the complexity for application developers when developing accessible web forms that conform to the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) using HTML and React. The result is a prototype library that creates an abstraction that application developers can use to build accessible web forms that conform to the WCAG.

Looking for the best way to publish accessible graphics, this presentation gives some information about how to deal with non-textual contents when adapting documents for DAISY books. It is based on a study conducted by Braillenet for enriching the Helene’s digital library with technical contents. By analysing publishing guidelines, transcribers’ work in specialized centres and main relief printing formats, this work presents thoughts on how to analyse a graphical content, how to produce vectorial images, the main steps for preparing digital image files that could be downloaded and printed, how to index these files into the DAISY book, and finally make them accessible.

This thesis presents the result of a research conducted with the blind and visually impaired in scanning a QR-code and finding medical product information. Three prototypes were developed through Design Science Research Methodology and tested via a talk aloud protocol and observation. Qualitative data was gathered through a semi-structured interview for background of the participants and after each test. The participants came from the Swedish Association of the Visually Impaired in Malmö and consisted of four people. The development of the prototypes was conducted iteratively with the feedback from the tests. The first two prototypes were designed to find navigational and contrast issues and the third prototype, to correct the issues. The result was a solution that effectively met the needs and preferences of the participants as well as the insights to take the information architecture into account when developing, before the design and functionality.

Patient portals facilitate patients' access to their electronic health care records, and may also include features such as patient-clinician messaging, prescription renewal, and educational resources. There is evidence that portals support patient empowerment, therapeutic communication, adherence to treatment, and satisfaction with care. Nonetheless, patient portals are underutilized in mental health settings, with policies in some health care organizations restricting all access to mental health records through patient portals. A qualitative evidence synthesis was conducted to explore the perspectives of clinicians and patients on portal use in the mental health care context represented in the current literature. A systematic search of relevant databases, followed by citation and article screening, yielded 24 qualitative and mixed-methods studies for inclusion, and a thematic synthesis was performed. The synthesis yielded five themes: impacts to the efficiency of mental health care delivery; effects on therapeutic relationships between clinicians and patients; changes to the patient-clinician power balance; the suitability of patient portals for patients with mental illness; and the complexities of information management in mental health care. Ultimately, both clinicians and patients acknowledged numerous potential benefits of patient portals, but there were also concerns about their use specific to the mental health context. These concerns were voiced primarily by clinicians, and originated in part from concern for patient safety, but also from stigmatizing attitudes and the perceived threats of portals to clinicians' workloads and control over the record. This systematic review of qualitative studies highlights opportunities for organizations to support their clinicians through the implementation of recovery-oriented initiatives like patient portals, and to support patients with mental illness by ending discriminatory policies limiting access to their records.