HANDICAPPING AMERICA: BARRIERS TO DISABLED PEOPLE

This book argues that America handicaps disabled persons by designing inaccessible facilities, equipment and programs. Aside from the rights thus denied to the disabled, the economic, human and moral costs which result are documented. The national policies and practices which hinder accessibility are cited, and the role of accessibility standards is reviewed. The author advocates comprehensive and consistent review of design and practice to restructure activities and the environment to accommodate the handicapped. With respect to transportation, he calls for a national policy to mandate accessibility of public transport, buttressed by enforcement powers in the hands of the U. S. Department of Transportation.

• Corporate Authors:

  Harper & Row, Publishers, Incorporated

  10 East 53rd Street
  New York, NY  United States  10022-0000
• Authors:
  • Bowe, F G
• Publication Date: 1978

Media Info

• Pagination: n.p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Accessibility; Barriers (Roads); Costs; Design standards; Facilities; Laws; Persons with disabilities; Public policy; Public transit; Rail transit stations; Structural design; Vehicle design
• Uncontrolled Terms: Barriers; Enforcement
• Subject Areas: Design; Finance; Law; Planning and Forecasting; Policy; Public Transportation; Society; Vehicles and Equipment; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning; I91: Vehicle Design and Safety;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00342502
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 23 1981 12:00AM