The Necessary Response to Un-Announced Needs of Disabled People

This paper describes how worldwide efforts over the past two decades have culminated in massive publicity generated by the International Year of Disabled People in 1981, providers of services for the public have learned a lot about the circumstances and requirements of elderly and disabled people. Indeed, Disability Awareness is today not simply a phrase but a working concept. However, many managers of services are experiencing serious difficulties in developing their new-found awareness in such a way as to successfully relate to the real practical and attitudinal needs of the disabled and elderly. There still remains a tendency to consider those users of public service who have a handicap, which is caused by physical, sensory or mental disabilities, or severe effects of aging, to be “apart from rather that a part of” the mainstream of a provider’s obligations.

• Corporate Authors:

  Transport Canada

  1000 Sherbrooke Street, West, P.O. Box 549
  Montreal, Quebec  Canada  H3A 2R3
• Authors:
  • Flanders, Claudia
• Conference:
  • The Fourth International Conference on Mobility and Transport for the Elderly and Disabled Persons
  • Location: Vancouver British Columbia, Canada
  • Date: 1986-7-21 to 1986-7-23
• Publication Date: 1986

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: References;
• Pagination: pp 593-600
• Monograph Title: Mobility and Transport for Elderly and Disabled Persons. Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference, Vancouver, Canada, July 21-23, 1986

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aged; Awareness; Needs assessment; Persons with disabilities; Public transit; Transit operating agencies; Transportation disadvantaged persons
• Identifier Terms: Transed
• Uncontrolled Terms: Customer relations; Disabled passengers; Travel needs
• Subject Areas: Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Society; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01051469
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 14 2007 3:14PM