infrastruktura: Universal design

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Universal design is the design of buildings, products, or environments to make them accessible to all people, regardless of age, disability, or other factors. It emerged as a rights-based, anti-discrimination measure, which seeks to create design for all abilities. It addresses common barriers to participation by creating things that can be used by the maximum number of people possible. "When disabling mechanisms are to be replaced with mechanisms for inclusion, different kinds of knowledge are relevant for different purposes. As a practical strategy for inclusion, Universal Design involves dilemmas and often difficult priorities." Curb cuts or sidewalk ramps, which are essential for people…

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Participation and Non-Participation in Student Activism. Why might some students convert their political interests into activism when others do not? There is a strong need to understand the changing dynamics of contemporary youth participation: how they engage, what repertoires are considered efficacious, and their motivations to get involved. This book uses the 2010/11 UK student protests against fees and cuts as a case study for analysing some of the key paths and barriers to political participation today. These paths and barriers – which include an individual’s family socialisation, network positioning, and group identification (and dis-identification) – help us explain why some people c…

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Perception of Barriers to Sports Practice in Persons with Disabilities in Chile: A Socio-Ecological Approach.. Background Participation in physical and sports activities is essential for the overall health of persons with disabilities (PWD). However, these individuals encounter multiple environmental and contextual barriers limiting sports engagement. Objective This study aimed to analyze the perceived barriers to sports participation among PWD in Chile using a socio-ecological framework, evaluating differences by sex and sports practice status while adjusting for potential demographic confounders. Methods A quantitative, cross-sectional design was conducted with a convenience sample of 245…

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The disability rights movement is a global social movement, which seeks to secure equal opportunities and equal rights for all disabled people. It is made up of organizations of disability activists, also known as disability advocates, around the world working together with similar goals and demands, such as accessibility and safety in architecture, transportation, and the physical environment; equal opportunities in independent living, employment equity, education, and housing; and freedom from discrimination, abuse, neglect, and from other rights violations. Disability activists are working to break institutional, physical, and societal barriers that prevent people with disabilities from…

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Factors that may influence uptake of private party background checks for firearm transfers: a mixed-method descriptive study.. Objective To understand how the implementation and enforcement of universal background check (UBC) laws may influence the use of background checks during private party firearm transfers in the USA. Methods This is a mixed-method, descriptive study. Data included the content of relevant state statutes and sentencing information from the 19 states with UBC laws in 2019, prosecutions and convictions for private party firearm transfer violations from 5 states and New York City, firearm transfer education and promotion efforts, and key informant interviews. Results Infor…

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Preventing heat-related illness in people with severe and persistent mental illness: a quality improvement educational intervention.. Background Climate change poses severe health risks to people with severe and persistent mental illness (SPMI), particularly from extreme heat events. People living with schizophrenia had three-fold higher mortality during the 2021 heat dome event in British Columbia. Multiple factors increase vulnerability, including thermoregulation impairment from neuroleptic medications and neurobiological changes, cognitive symptoms affecting risk comprehension, social isolation, comorbid physical conditions, housing instability, and barriers to accessing cooling resourc…