Designing Disability : Symbols, Space, and Society (Paperback)

Acknowledgments Illustrations Introduction: Disability By Design? Design's Misfit Defining Disability Defining a Symbol PART ONE: History of an Idea: Access (- 1961) Origins of a Misfit Design: The Advent of the Modern Wheelchair (- 1945) An Environmental Misfit A Symbol of Defeat? How to Behave in a Bath-Chair The Chair That Changed the World Fitting In (1945 - 1961) Accessing a Culture on Four Wheels The Nugent Ethic An Attack on Barriers PART TWO: Redesigning Signs and Space (1961 - 1974) The Personal Politics of Signs (1961 - 1965) What a Good Sign Can Do Down the "Welfare Path" The Ideologies of "Self-Help" and "Social Welfare Cultures" Breaking Barriers Signs of Discrimination (1965 - 1968) The Secret Signs of Disabled People Positive Discrimination and the Psychology of Disablement Towards s Universal Sign A Design for the Real World? (1968 - 1974) A Technical Aid Man and The Environment A Misfit Head A Positive Step Forward PART THREE: A Mark of Identity? (1974 - Today) Signs of Protest (1974 - 1990) "The Selma of Handicapped Rights" Rights and Protest Passing the ADA: Compliance and Defiance A Critical Design? (1990 - Today) A Cry for Help A 21st Century Makeover Epilogue: The Beginning of the End? Bibliography