Made available in DSpace on 2016-03-15T19:22:17Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Renata Lima de Mello.pdf: 11414391 bytes, checksum: 7dc3a43b90f89f111b0e7be9027fbaea (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013-07-30 / Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico / One of the greatest challenges Brazil faces is to reduce the deficit in dwellings supply, with an extra focus on the low-income market, which government officials have been working towards through city, state and federal policies. Among such acts, some are noteworthy as dwelling construction through partnerships with the private sector, as well as providing better loan conditions for property purchase. Such government efforts focus mainly on the quantitative aspect of the dwelling market problem, pushing qualitative matters to the background, but in a few initiatives, among which stands out State of São Paulo's commitment through the state owned Company for Housing And City Development and the State Department for Housing, which have considered qualitative matters within the architectural and urbanistic projects undertaken by them. One such project in particular deserves special mention: the Rubens Lara condominium, located in Cubatão, São Paulo, which was built from a detailed executive plan, which specified technical details of its sidewalks and access streets, common grounds, accessible apartments and leisure areas, making for better access and use of these places. In this project were employed the concepts of Accessibility and Universal Design, following the legislation and technical rules which govern such matters at the time, which yielded in distinguished design solutions in the social dwelling market in Brazil. Therefore, this dissertation aims to study this project and its outcome, starting at the legal references, as well as discussing the good practices found in it, looking at contributing with future projects of social housing focused on quality, founded on Accessibility and Universal Design tenets. / O Brasil possui como grande desafio a redução do déficit habitacional, principalmente para favorecer a população de baixa renda e isso tem sido trabalhado pelas políticas públicas nas três esferas de governo. Dentre as ações governamentais destaca-se a produção de moradias através da parceria público-privada, além de melhorar as condições de financiamento para aquisição do imóvel. Focam-se principalmente no atendimento quantitativo do problema habitacional, relegando para o segundo plano os aspectos qualitativos da questão, salvo algumas exceções. Sobre os casos excepcionais, pode-se mencionar a atuação do Governo do Estado de São Paulo, através da Companhia de Desenvolvimento Habitacional e Urbano (CDHU) e Secretaria de Estado da Habitação, que têm contemplado também os aspectos qualitativos dos projetos arquitetônicos e urbanísticos. Nesse contexto, destaca-se o Conjunto Residencial Rubens Lara localizado em Cubatão, São Paulo, que foi construído a partir de um projeto executivo detalhado, que especifica as características técnicas dos passeios públicos, das áreas comuns condominiais, das unidades habitacionais adaptadas, das áreas de convivência, contribuindo para o acesso e uso desses espaços. Nesse projeto foram implantados os conceitos de Acessibilidade e do Desenho Universal, seguindo as legislações e normas técnicas vigentes sobre esse assunto, resultando em soluções projetuais diferenciadas no universo da habitação social no Brasil. Dessa forma, essa dissertação se propõe a analisar esse Conjunto, a partir desses referenciais legais, além de discutir sobre as boas práticas encontradas, com o intuito de contribuir com os futuros projetos de moradia social focados na qualidade a partir da acessibilidade e do desenho universal.

Un des enjeux sociétal important concerne le vieillissement des personnes en situation de handicap mental. L’allongement de l’espérance de leur vie a pour conséquence que les établissements spécialisés pour l’accueil des personnes âgées (comme les EPHAD) se retrouvent à accueillir des personnes souffrant des maladies du vieillissement (démence par exemple) en plus d’un handicap mental. Se pose alors le problème de l’accès aux soins pour cette population à travers l’usage des dispositifs médicaux adaptés aux caractéristiques des personnes âgées.  La présence d’un handicap mental a plusieurs conséquences : difficulté de compréhension des usages des dispositifs médicaux, personnels peu formés aux conséquences de cette handicap). En effet, les dispositifs médicaux sont spécifiques soit pour les situations de handicaps ou soit pour le contexte du vieillissement (avec des normes, des règles de remboursement différents). Que se passe t-il dans le cas d’un dispositif médical qui doit être adapté non seulement aux contraintes dues au vieillissement et à celles dues à un handicap mental ? Nous proposons donc de partir des questions de départ suivantes comme objectif pour ce sujet de thèse : Y a t-il des difficultés d'accès aux soins pour les personnes âgées en situation de handicap? Quels sont les manques exprimés par les usagers eux-mêmes et par les professionnels du sanitaire? Quel Dispositif Médical faudrait-il "améliorer" ou créer pour faciliter l'accès aux soins pour cette population spécifique ? / One og the biggest challenge for our societies is the aging of the population. One is getting particularly important : the ageing of people with mental disorder. The increase of their life expectancy has several consequences in their access to care. Establishment which are specialized in the welcolme of elderly people are now welcoming people with mental disorder. The access to care is one of the most problematic aspect in this phenomenum : what medical devices are adapted for this new population ? Indeed, medical devices are adapted either for people with mental disorder, either for elderly people. For people with mental disorder getting older, there is a need to adapt the tools for them, to adapt the way of communicating with them and the way to monitore them. We are trying to propose new solutions to answer all these questions.

This project explores the possibilities of implementing a critical and liberatory pedagogy within the confines of the prison. Building upon the fields of critical prison theory, literacy studies, and (dis)ability studies, I assert that implementing small, organic, and tactical changes though the principles of Universal Design for Learning allows the prison educator to make impactful moves with liberatory goals. I conclude by reimagining what a prison education mission statement that takes this perspective looks like then imagine the liberatory applications of the principles of universal design for learning within the prison.

The Common Core State Standards were written and implemented to prepare all students for college or career readiness including students with disabilities. Students with learning disabilities often have significant difficulties and face challenges when the instruction is framed within The Common Core State Standards. The purpose of this qualitative study was to explore the perceptions of special educators on teaching students with learning disabilities using The Common Core State Standards. The two conceptual frameworks used in this study were the Universal Design for Learning and The Zone of Proximal Development. The research questions focused on teachers' perception regarding students with learning disabilities being instructed with Common Core instructions, how teachers perceive providing Common Core instructions to students with learning disabilities is preparing them for college and career readiness, and also, what teachers perceived to be the missing components for providing specialized instructions using Common Core to students with learning disabilities. In this qualitative case study participants were selected using recommendations of school district administrators. Data was collected using face-to-face interviews. Data collection also include observations and samples of students work. Additional data to establish trustworthiness of the study was obtained through observations and analysis of artifacts collected during the study. The intended outcome of the study was to bring about change in the instructional strategies adopted when using Common core State standards in teaching students with disabilities and that to ultimately pave a way for social change.

The Internet is a vastly under-utilised resource, only used for half of the IT story. Describe the Internet in two words and many might say ‘sharing knowledge’. But sharing information is more accurate. It’s just that all the principle ways we use the Internet — the Web, email and media streaming — happen to be examples where information is in the form of knowledge. But IT — Information Technology — has another side: the realm of software programming where information means the dynamic control of how things work. The Internet is the driving force in the IT industry, so why isn’t it also known for sharing control? True, there are examples of specialised, one-off software applications interfacing with each other via the Internet, but there has yet to be any systematic and universal attempt to exploit the potential of the Internet for control-IT in the way we have seen it for knowledge-IT. Taking the strengths of the Web model as a starting point, this thesis proposes a parallel, dynamic world to the Web called The Mesh. In the same way that the Web seamlessly connects databases of the world to provide a global font of knowledge, the Mesh would connect software of the world to provide a global means of control. The Mesh would embody all the successful, empowering features of the Web. Everyone would have a say in how things work, mirroring Web 2.0’s user-generated content but for software instead of media. In being a universally integrated design approach for device control, the Mesh would encompass a number of research areas working on the control issue at the big picture level. It would address the problems of universal usability and ubiquitous computing. It would also provide solutions in agent-based systems and grid computing. But many features of the Mesh would simply be unique. They would change the way we go about software design, leading to new opportunities for users, programmers and manufacturers alike. The key to everything is design simplicity. A concept demonstrator has been developed as an integral part of this research project. It shows that the Mesh is both feasible and practical. Examples of programs run in the concept demonstrator are discussed, showing exactly how the Mesh would be built and how it would work. / Thesis (Ph.D.) -- University of Adelaide, School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 2007

<p>The Mobile phone has contributed to massive changes in the way that human beings communicate with each other and is a part of society’s globalization. Opinions differ in the area of user interface where some feel that mobile phones exclude users such as senior citizens or users with an intellectual or a physical disability.</p><p>Universal Design –‘design for all’, is a vision that intends to bring about settings, products and services that suits as many people as possible irrespective of an individual’s needs and prospects. The criteria for ‘design for all’ are among other things flexibility, user friendliness, comprehensibility and a high tolerance for mistakes.</p><p>The purpose of this essay was to investigate the mobile phones graphic user-interface from the theory of a universal design. From this general purpose the study looked more closely at senior citizens perspective of mobile phones graphic user-interface. To achieve empirical support for the study a qualitative method in the form of interviews was used. All of the individuals that participated in the study felt that the mobile phone is a very good and beneficial invention. Mobile phones bring about a feeling of security and safety since one can always reach family and friends in the event of a crisis. The participants were included in the study if they were capable of using mobile phones to reach others and for others to reach them. However, individual’s that did not have the technical ability to understand the other possible functions of the user-interface were excluded from the study. It is difficult to provide a interface that is Universal, because every individual is unique.</p>

The Mobile phone has contributed to massive changes in the way that human beings communicate with each other and is a part of society’s globalization. Opinions differ in the area of user interface where some feel that mobile phones exclude users such as senior citizens or users with an intellectual or a physical disability. Universal Design –‘design for all’, is a vision that intends to bring about settings, products and services that suits as many people as possible irrespective of an individual’s needs and prospects. The criteria for ‘design for all’ are among other things flexibility, user friendliness, comprehensibility and a high tolerance for mistakes. The purpose of this essay was to investigate the mobile phones graphic user-interface from the theory of a universal design. From this general purpose the study looked more closely at senior citizens perspective of mobile phones graphic user-interface. To achieve empirical support for the study a qualitative method in the form of interviews was used. All of the individuals that participated in the study felt that the mobile phone is a very good and beneficial invention. Mobile phones bring about a feeling of security and safety since one can always reach family and friends in the event of a crisis. The participants were included in the study if they were capable of using mobile phones to reach others and for others to reach them. However, individual’s that did not have the technical ability to understand the other possible functions of the user-interface were excluded from the study. It is difficult to provide a interface that is Universal, because every individual is unique.

Some argue that we live in an “information age”; others claim that we live in a “knowledge society”. This research suggests we live in an era of adaptable and customizable widgets in which users are no longer passive receivers of ad hoc technological solutions, but active agents controlling the behaviour, content modalities, and multiple technological layers transforming the representation and interpretation of information. This study adopts a critical perspective and examines the meaning of access to information and the pertinence of customization. Specifically, it analyzes how the ISO standard AccessForAll (ISO/IEC 24751, 2008) conceptualizes the customization of e-learning environments. A qualitative approach and discourse analysis are used as a methodological strategy. The research analyzes responses to ten interviews conducted with a diverse group of participants. This foundation provides for a discussion about the challenges of customization design and recommendations for the future development of adaptive and flexible learning environments.

Some argue that we live in an “information age”; others claim that we live in a “knowledge society”. This research suggests we live in an era of adaptable and customizable widgets in which users are no longer passive receivers of ad hoc technological solutions, but active agents controlling the behaviour, content modalities, and multiple technological layers transforming the representation and interpretation of information. This study adopts a critical perspective and examines the meaning of access to information and the pertinence of customization. Specifically, it analyzes how the ISO standard AccessForAll (ISO/IEC 24751, 2008) conceptualizes the customization of e-learning environments. A qualitative approach and discourse analysis are used as a methodological strategy. The research analyzes responses to ten interviews conducted with a diverse group of participants. This foundation provides for a discussion about the challenges of customization design and recommendations for the future development of adaptive and flexible learning environments.

Ageing has become a significant research area in the last few decades. The most important reason that makes ageing issue significant is the increasing rate of the older indviduals within the population all around the world. Statistical data on ageing both in Turkey and in the world reveals that, in the near future, the number of population over 65 will increase dramatically. It can be asserted that there will be an urgent need of specifically designed accommodation for this portion of the population. Hence, this thesis intends to search for and practice a design solution for the elderly housing. One of the instruments that supported the formulation of such a solution is the subject of &lsquo / universal design&rsquo / . Within the scope of this study, the principles of universal design and its relationship with ageing are defined, examined and evaluated. It is accepted that living environment has effect on the enhancement of the individual&rsquo / s quality of life. For this reason, the relationship between person and environment is briefly discussed in congruence with principles of universal design and provision of quality of life. Accessibility, safety, privacy, autonomy and independence are the common concerns of universal design and provision of a higher quality of life. With review of the definitions of specific elderly housing types, another approach for this study is to make a case study of the existing architectural solutions for the elderly housing. This helped to understand architectural approaches to the relationship between ageing and environment in the world. In the light of the findings, an architectural project, presenting a habitable environment for the elderly, is proposed. For the project, the concept of &ldquo / assisted living&rdquo / as a new category for elderly housing, is chosen.