Disabling Homes

A study of the housing needs of disabled people in Cornwall

Bibliographic Data

ID12312822
AuthorsBob Sapey (corresponding author)
Year1995
Volume10
Issue1
Pages71-86
Publication date1995-03-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueDisability & Society (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0968-7599 • E-ISSN: 1360-0508
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/09687599550023732
OpenAlexW2132648744
LanguageEN
Citations received7

This research was carried out between January and July 1993. The study was an evaluation of housing need of disabled people who were wheelchair users through a process of consumer consultation. It was concerned to find out the extent and nature of that need whilst also testing out consultation through the use of research methods in comparison with a non-consultative approach taken by the local authorities. The nature of need was found to be qualitatively different to that found through the study of normative needs. A significant number of disabled people were being made more dependent by their housing and this was being reinforced by the agencies that were intended to help them. In particular, the failure to consult disabled people was leading the local authorities to make inappropriate plans for new build housing while the major need for adaptations was being undermined by their operation of the Disabled Facilities Grant. The findings support the call from other writers that the solutions to housing problems will only come through viewing disability as a civil rights issue

Business · Disabled people · Normative · Older people · Political science · Process (computing · Public relations · Sociology · Wheelchair · Applied Psychology · Computer Science · Healthcare innovation and challenges · Homelessness and Social Issues · Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism · Law · Medicine · Psychology · Gerontology

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