Journal articles: 'Disability and travel'

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Deka, Devajyoti. "Factors associated with disability paratransit's travel time reliability." Journal of Transport Geography 48 (October 2015): 96–104. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2015.08.020.

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Fattori, Lorenzo. "Disability: Between Mobility and Organizational Inclusion." puntOorg International Journal 7, no. 1 (April 6, 2022): 22–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.19245/25.05.pij.7.1.3.

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Various charters of rights in Western society recognise a specific right to mobility, but it may actually be difficult to travel freely for some citizens. Indeed, people with disabilities often encounter technical or organisational problems that prevent them from enjoying this right. We believe that ensuring mobility is fundamental for the organisational inclusion of people with disabilities. Since the early 1990s, many legislative provisions have been drafted to create and improve travel possibilities for people with disabilities in Italy. Therefore, after thirty years, it is legitimate to investigate the state of the arts of such provisions nowadays. Thus, the following paper carries out a specific study of the functioning of transport systems from the point of view of people with disabilities so as to explore the possibilities of improvements. Furthermore, this study evaluates if further interventions are necessary regarding the legislative framework and, above all, the actual possibilities of mobility offered by transport systems, beginning with the railroad, which first, in the 1980s, started to offer specific services for people with disabilities.

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El Moghazy, Mona, and Nashwa El Sheriff. "Employing Persons with Mobility Disability in Travel Agencies: An Exploratory Study Applied to Egyptian Travel Agencies." International Academic Journal Faculty of Tourism and Hotel Management 3, no. 3 (October 1, 2017): 221–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.21608/ijaf.2017.95542.

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Darcy, Simon. "(Dis)Embodied Air Travel Experiences: Disability, Discrimination and the Affect of a Discontinuous Air Travel Chain." Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management 19, no. 1 (January 2012): 91–101. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/jht.2012.9.

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Lancioni, G. E., F. Campodonico, and M. Mantini. "Supporting Independent Indoor Travel of People with Blindness and Intellectual Disability with Reduced Frequencies of Auditory Cues." Perceptual and Motor Skills 92, no. 1 (February 2001): 83–88. http://dx.doi.org/10.2466/pms.2001.92.1.83.

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This study evaluated the feasibility of supporting independent indoor travel using reduced frequencies of auditory cues with two persons having total blindness and profound intellectual disability. For these persons, who had acquired satisfactory travel performance with cues occurring every 8 sec., the cue frequencies were reduced to one-half or one-third of the original level. Analysis showed that both participants could manage accurate travel under the new cue conditions, even though their travel time (efficiency) seemed negatively affected. Implications of the findings were discussed.

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Maizlish, Neil, Linda Rudolph, and Chengsheng Jiang. "Health Benefits of Strategies for Carbon Mitigation in US Transportation, 2017‒2050." American Journal of Public Health 112, no. 3 (March 2022): 426–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.2105/ajph.2021.306600.

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Objectives. To quantify health benefits and carbon emissions of 2 transportation scenarios that contrast optimum levels of physical activity from active travel and minimal air pollution from electric cars. Methods. We used data on burden of disease, travel, and vehicle emissions in the US population and a health impact model to assess health benefits and harms of physical activity from transportation-related walking and cycling, fine particulate pollution from car emissions, and road traffic injuries. We compared baseline travel with walking and cycling a median of 150 weekly minutes for physical activity, and with electric cars that minimized carbon pollution and fine particulates. Results. In 2050, the target year for carbon neutrality, the active travel scenario avoided 167 000 deaths and gained 2.5 million disability-adjusted life years, monetized at $1.6 trillion using the value of a statistical life. Carbon emissions were reduced by 24% from baseline. Electric cars avoided 1400 deaths and gained 16 400 disability-adjusted life years, monetized at $13 billion. Conclusions. To achieve carbon neutrality in transportation and maximize health benefits, active travel should have a prominent role along with electric vehicles in national blueprints. (Am J Public Health. 2022; 112(3):426–433. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2021.306600 )

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Bearden, Elizabeth B. "Moctezuma’s Zoo: Housing Disability in Transatlantic Travel Literature and European Courts." Arizona Journal of Hispanic Cultural Studies 17, no. 1 (2013): 161–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/hcs.2013.0019.

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Bérubé, Michael. "Disability and Narrative." PMLA/Publications of the Modern Language Association of America 120, no. 2 (March 2005): 568–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.1632/s0030812900167914.

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After a decade of working in disability studies, I still find myself surprised by the presence of disability in narratives I had never considered to be “about” disability—in animated films from Dumbo to Finding Nemo; in literary texts from Huckleberry Finn to Joan Didion's Play It As It Lays; and, most curiously, even in the world of science fiction and superheroes, a world that turns out to be populated by blind Daredevils, mutant supercrips, and posthuman cyborgs of all kinds. Indeed, I now consider it plausible that the genre of science fiction is as obsessed with disability as it is with space travel and alien contact. Sometimes disability is simply underrecognized in familiar sci-fi narratives: ask Philip K. Dick fans about the importance of disability in Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? and you'll probably get blank stares. But the Voigt-Kampff empathy test by which the authorities distinguish humans from androids was, Dick tells us, actually developed after World War Terminus to identify “specials,” people neurologically damaged by radioactive fallout, so that the state could prevent them from reproducing. That aspect of the novel's complication of the human-android distinction is lost in the film Blade Runner, but the film does give us an engineer with a disability that involves premature aging, which links him intimately to the androids who have life spans of only four years.

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Zhu, Tian Yang, Hui Min Wang, and Jun Liang Zhou. "Research on the design of travel aids for the elderly with partial disability of lower limbs." E3S Web of Conferences 275 (2021): 03037. http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/202127503037.

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As the population continues to age, the daily lives of those with disabled lower limbs have gradually become an unavoidable social welfare problem. Based on an investigation and analysis into the daily routines of the elderly with partial disability in their lower limbs, the product design experiment is proposed to solve any mobility difficulties in the elderly with partial disability in their lower limbs to provide practical help that can ensure their independence and social contact. Based on the literature research and market comparison, According to the assessment criteria for the Instrumental Activity of Daily Living Scale (IADL), the physiological functions and user behaviors of this elderly population were investigated, and the actual needs for outdoor walking were analyzed. The idea of focusing on auxiliary tools for the elderly with lower limb disability was proposed, and a tool to aid in short-distance travel was designed for this target group to improve their IADL travel index and optimize their mobility.

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Deshpande, Manasi, and Yue Li. "Who Is Screened Out? Application Costs and the Targeting of Disability Programs." American Economic Journal: Economic Policy 11, no. 4 (November 1, 2019): 213–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.1257/pol.20180076.

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We study the effect of application costs on the targeting of disability programs. We identify these effects using the closings of Social Security Administration field offices, which provide assistance with filing disability applications. Closings lead to a persistent 16 percent decline in the number of disability recipients in surrounding areas, with the largest effects for applicants with moderately severe conditions and low education levels. Disability applications fall by only 10 percent, implying that the closings reduce targeting efficiency based on current eligibility standards. Increased congestion at neighboring offices appears more important as a channel than higher travel or information costs. (JEL H55, I13, I18, J14)

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Furmanek, Mirosław. "Outbound tourism by the physically disabled inhabitants of Kraków: current situation and future needs." Turyzm/Tourism 24, no. 2 (April 18, 2015): 7–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/tour-2014-0011.

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The article is an analysis of outbound tourism by those with locomotor disabilities living in Kraków. Two aspects were compared: their tourism activity before and after the occurrence of the disability. The article describes seasonality, length of stay and destinations, limitations encountered, preferred forms of tourism, organisation of travel, preferred accommodation, means of transport and expenditure. It also presents motivations, expectations and the impact of their experience on future travel behaviour.

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Handoyo, Febri, Aufi Nidau Sholihah, Anggit Novitariasari, Ashila Fitra Hani, Qonita Putri Firdausa, and Handayani Rahayuningsih. "Paket Wisata Bagi Difabel Di Yogyakarta." Jurnal Pariwisata Terapan 1, no. 2 (September 28, 2017): 116. http://dx.doi.org/10.22146/jpt.30154.

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Yogyakarta is the one of the biggest tourist destination in Indonesia. Domestic and Foreigner tourist come to this city every year in big number. Yogyakarta has so many tourist destinations, for example: Keraon Yogyakarta, Sambisari Temple, Taman Pintar, Malioboro, etc. Because of that, Yogyakarta need travel agents to makes every tourist easier enjoy their trip, and the number of travel agents in Yogyakarta has growth every year. Tourist who come to Yogyakarta is not only normal people, but also people with disability, they also have same chance to do tourism activity and travel agents should accommodate it. The purpose of the research is to know how far the travel agents in Special Region of Yogyakarta can create tour package for people with disabilities. The research also explained about how many local tourists and international tourists who come to Yogyakarta every year. From that data, we know how many markets for tour package in Yogyakarta. The methods used in the research is qualitative method. The writers collected the data by interview, literature study, and observation. The subject of the interview is people with disability, government, and the management of the tourism destination. The writers also compare the result from the interview with the fact in the field. From the result of the research the writers can conclude tour package that has been offered by travel agents in Yogyakarta is not friendly for people with disabilities.

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Lancioni, Giulio E., Mark F. O'Reilly, Doretta Oliva, and Sandro Bracalente. "Guiding a Person with Blindness and Intellectual Disability in Indoor Travel with Fewer Auditory Cues." Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness 92, no. 9 (September 1998): 609–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0145482x9809200904.

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This study assessed the possibility of guiding a person with blindness and intellectual disability during indoor travel with fewer auditory cues. To improve the chances of success, the orientation system used to present the cues was set to monitor the person's travel and to provide extra cues in case of errors. The results indicated that infrequent presentations of the cues and the provision of extra cues in case of errors maintained high levels of independent moves, albeit of increased duration.

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José G. Hernández R., María J. García G., and Gilberto J. Hernández G. "Safety and Attention of Passengers With Disabilities Who Travel by Train." International Journal of Sustainable Entrepreneurship and Corporate Social Responsibility 7, no. 1 (January 2022): 1–16. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/ijsecsr.287867.

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In this work, within the business world, two fields of great social interest are related. In particular, it will talk about corporate Safety & Security (S&S) and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). The importance of S&S in a service company will be analyzed, while some of the actions that these companies can take to increase their CSR will be studied. Specifically, the study will focus on trying to offer some recommendations, to help ensure that train travel is safer and more enjoyable for passengers who suffer from a disability. From what has been said previously, the objective of this work can be stated as: present some actions, so that the trip by train, of passengers with some disability, is safer and more pleasant. To achieve this objective and the secondary objectives that may be generated, the Integrated-Adaptable Methodology for the development of Decision Support System will be followed, which, it has been shown, is very useful in investigations similar to this.

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Li, Kevin, Kajal Mehta, Ada Wright, Joohee Lee, Manish Yadav, Tam N. Pham, Shankar M. Rai, Kiran Nakarmi, and Barclay Stewart. "Identifying Hospitals in Nepal for Acute Burn Care and Stabilization Capacity Development: Location-Allocation Modeling for Strategic Service Delivery." Journal of Burn Care & Research 42, no. 4 (April 23, 2021): 621–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jbcr/irab064.

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Abstract In Nepal, preventable death and disability from burn injuries are common due to poor population-level spatial access to organized burn care. Most severe burns are referred to a single facility nationwide, often after suboptimal burn stabilization and/or significant care delay. Therefore, we aimed to identify existing first-level hospitals within Nepal that would optimize population-level access as “burn stabilization points” if their acute burn care capabilities are strengthened. A location-allocation model was created using designated first-level candidate hospitals, a population density grid for Nepal, and road network/travel speed data. Six models (A–F) were developed using cost-distance and network analyses in ArcGIS to identify the three vs five candidate hospitals at ≤2, 6, and 12 travel-hour thresholds that would optimize population-level spatial access. The baseline model demonstrated that currently 20.3% of the national population has access to organized burn care within 2 hours of travel, 37.2% within 6 travel-hours, and 72.6% within 12 travel-hours. If acute burn stabilization capabilities were strengthened, models A to C of three chosen hospitals would increase population-level burn care access to 45.2, 89.4, and 99.8% of the national population at ≤2, 6, and 12 travel-hours, respectively. In models D to F, five chosen hospitals would bring access to 53.4, 95.0, and 99.9% of the national population at ≤2, 6, and 12 travel-hours, respectively. These models demonstrate developing capabilities in three to five hospitals can provide population-level spatial access to acute burn care for most of Nepal’s population. Organized efforts to increase burn stabilization points are feasible and imperative to reduce the rates of preventable burn-related death and disability country-wide.

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Corran, Philip, Rebecca Steinbach, Lucinda Saunders, and Judith Green. "Age, disability and everyday mobility in London: An analysis of the correlates of ‘non-travel’ in travel diary data." Journal of Transport & Health 8 (March 2018): 129–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jth.2017.12.008.

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Załuska, Urszula, Dorota Kwiatkowska-Ciotucha, and Alicja Grześkowiak. "Travelling from Perspective of Persons with Disability: Results of an International Survey." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19, no. 17 (August 25, 2022): 10575. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191710575.

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Full inclusion of people with disabilities means their full participation in community life and the same opportunities to work and spend their free time that other members of the community have. This also applies to travel and tourism. Offers available to people with various types of disabilities are seldom adapted to their needs. They face numerous barriers and obstacles when travelling or at their destination. The article presents selected results from an international comparative study concerning travel of people with sensory disabilities. The study was carried out in the first quarter of 2022 using the PAPI method on a group of 131 respondents from Poland, Greece, Cyprus and Portugal. To analyse the results, we relied on statistical inference using an independent two-sample t-test and one-way analysis of variance. Tests of the equality of two means were preceded by Levene’s test for homogeneity of variances. According to the study, people with sensory disabilities can see many barriers to travel that pose a significant constraint on their activity. These barriers vary depending on the type of disability, gender or the country of origin of the respondent, but the list of indications often includes the need to train service staff in the specific needs of people with different types of disabilities. Taking into account development opportunities that people with disabilities create for the tourism industry, including people with sensory disabilities who are frequently overlooked, it is worth considering measures aimed at improving knowledge and skills in this area in the future.

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McDonnell, Alora, Sara Benham, Catherine Fleming, and Amy Raphael. "Community-based public transportation training with the integration of assistive technology: A pilot program for young adults with intellectual disability." Technology and Disability 33, no. 2 (May 13, 2021): 109–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/tad-200306.

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BACKGROUND: Young adults with an intellectual disability require transportation to participate in work and leisure, however reports on specific public transportation training programs, use of assistive technology supports, and outcomes are limited. OBJECTIVE: This pilot study was designed to explore if a transportation training program which utilized technology aids decreased the amount travel assistance required. A secondary objective was to observe and describe the specific assistive technology utilized while traveling within the community. METHODS: Eight individualized training sessions were administered within the community with the integration of technology aids and travel skill training through a facilitated learning model. The Pre & Post Travel Training Test was administered pre-test and post-test. RESULTS: The paired t test (n= 10) revealed a significant increase in scores upon post-test (p= 0.00011), indicating a decrease in assistance required for travel. The most preferred technology aid was individualized, printed Google Maps directions (60%) followed by smartphone Apps (40%) and visual social stories (40%). CONCLUSIONS: All participants increased independence in public transportation travel skills. Ample opportunity to trial low to high technology aids should be considered. Through this initial pilot, possible greater availability of access to work and community opportunities may result after community-based transportation training.

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Lubin, Andrea, Karen Alexander, and Elizabeth Harvey. "Achieving Mobility Access for Older Adults Through Group Travel Instruction." Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board 2650, no. 1 (January 2017): 18–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.3141/2650-03.

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It is anticipated that the number of older adults in the United States will reach 70 million before midcentury. Although the majority currently meet their transport needs by driving, one in five older adults does not drive. That statistic is expected to rise as senior drivers experience disability, health-related issues, or both, that negatively affect their driving ability. For many older adults accessible public transportation can be a viable transport option provided they are aware of and familiar with available transit services, trip planning, and how to safely and independently utilize transit systems. Findings are presented from a group travel instruction program piloted with older adults in New Jersey that encompassed classroom training and a field trip. A robust survey evaluation protocol was implemented that yielded findings that included the important role of transportation to older adult quality of life; high participant program satisfaction; evidence of participant knowledge and skills gained after program completion; and participant interest, willingness, and actual usage of public transit after the program. Survey respondents also confirmed several quality-of-life indicators experienced from program participation. In total, these findings offer evidence of the benefits of group travel instruction for older adults with and without a disability as they seek to meet some or all of their travel needs via accessible public transportation. The findings also support the value of offering both classroom and field trip components in older adult travel instruction programs.

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Chen, Guanrui, Chang Shu, and Can Xuan. "A Case Study of Disability-Friendly Community Infrastructure Design." Highlights in Science, Engineering and Technology 18 (November 13, 2022): 310–17. http://dx.doi.org/10.54097/hset.v18i.2689.

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There is a large group of disabled people in China, and as a disadvantaged group in the society, their travel is greatly affected by the physical barriers on both city and community level. In this article, the Dongan International Community in Hohhot was taken as an example to study the current accessibility level of domestic communities and to analyze the lack of assistive facilities for disabled people in them. Weighted Sums Approach is applied to conduct statistics and research, and eventually propose relevant improvement suggestions for the community in terms of disabled parking spaces, disabled toilets, and other accessible facilities.

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Duba, A. S., A. P. Rajkumar, M. Prince, and K. S. Jacob. "Determinants of disability among the elderly population in a rural south Indian community: the need to study local issues and contexts." International Psychogeriatrics 24, no. 2 (September 21, 2011): 333–41. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1041610211001669.

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ABSTRACTBackground: Disability among the elderly is a cause of significant burden. There is dearth of relevant research from low- and middle-income countries. We aimed to establish the nature and factors associated with disability among the elderly in a rural south Indian community.Methods: We recruited 1000 participants aged over 65 years from Kaniyambadi block, Vellore, India. We assessed their disability status, sociodemographic profile, psychiatric morbidity, cognitive functioning and anthropometrics using the following structured instruments: WHO Disability Assessment Scale II, Geriatric Mental State, Community Screening Instrument for Dementia, and Neuropsychiatric Inventory. We employed appropriate multivariate statistics to study the factors associated with a higher level of disability and to determine the population attributable fractions for various modifiable risk factors.Results: Advanced age, illiteracy, hunger, poor nutrition, arthritis, hearing impairment, gastro-intestinal and respiratory diseases, dementia and travel costs to primary health facilities increased the risk of disability significantly. Hypertension, diabetes and depression were not associated with disability. Modifiable social determinants and medical diseases together contributed to disability in this population.Conclusion: Locally relevant social determinants combine with prevalent medical diseases to produce the disability burden among elderly. There is a need to focus on local contexts and modifiable risk factors to design locally appropriate public health policies and interventions.

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Kelly, Christine. "Building Bridges with Accessible Care: Disability Studies, Feminist Care Scholarship, and Beyond." Hypatia 28, no. 4 (2013): 784–800. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1527-2001.2012.01310.x.

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This article uses elements of autoethnography to theorize an in/formal support relationship between a friend with a physical disability, who uses attendant services, and me. Through thinking about our particular “frien‐tendant” relationship, I find the common scholarly orientations toward “care” are inadequate. Starting from the conversations between feminist and disability perspectives on care, I build on previous work to further develop the theoretical framework ofaccessible care. Accessible care takes a critical, engaged approach that moves beyond understanding “accessibility” as merely concrete solutions to create more inclusive forms of care. Care, in this context, is positioned as an unstable tension among competing definitions, including that it is a complex form of oppression. Accessible care draws on feminist disability perspectives and the feminist political ethic of care to build bridges in four areas: from daily experiences of disability and support to theoretical discussions; across feminist care research and disability perspectives; across divisions and anxieties within disability communities; and from the local to transnational applications. These bridges do not aim to resolve debates but allow us to travel back and forth between differing perspectives and demonstrate the tenuous possibility of accessible practices and concepts of care.

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Wilson, Nathan, Andy Smidt, and Matilda Tehan. "Health and Social Policies for Australian Men and Boys with Intellectual and Developmental Disability: A Health and Wellbeing Double Jeopardy?" International Journal of Mens Social and Community Health 1, SP1 (August 24, 2018): e6-e13. http://dx.doi.org/10.22374/ijmsch.v1isp1.6.

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Intellectual disability is characterized by a combination of limitations in intellectual functioning and adaptive behaviour originating during the developmental period, before the age of 18.1 Intellectual functioning refers to an individual’s capacity to learn, problem solve and reason; adaptive behaviour refers to the conceptual (e.g., language, money, time), social (e.g., interpersonal skills, social responsibility, ability to follow rules), and practical (e.g., personal care, travel, use of telephone) skills. Developmental disability is a term used to describe lifelong physical and/or cognitive disabilities and includes, but is not limited to, intellectual disability, cerebral palsy, autism, Down syndrome, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD; in the USA) and fetal alcohol syndrome.2 As intellectual and developmental disabilities often co-occur, most health, educational and social professionals work with people who have both.

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Dangal, Hemanta, Supa Paneru, and Baijayanti Mala Pokhrel. "Constraints on Applying Disability Identity Card: A Study from Roshi Rural Municipality from Midhill, Nepal." Journal of Social Protection 1 (December 1, 2020): 71–79. http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/jsp.v1i0.38213.

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Disability Identity Card (ID)is the key document issued for individuals with disabilities and qualifies a person as a recipient of disability allowance, a Social Security Programme of the Government of Nepal. Based on primary data collected using household questionnaire survey and in-depth interviews from Roshi Rural Municipality in Midhill Nepal, this paper aims to assess the socio-cultural backgrounds and major constraints in applying and acquiring the Disability ID card. Findings show that lack of knowledge about the ID card, its benefits and the application process are found to be the major constraints in acquiring it. Those who know about the application process have also been facing difficulties such as longer travel distance to district headquarters, lengthy and ambiguous processes, lack of money, and lack of supporting documents. The state restructuring and federalisation was found to be an opportunity in terms of the active roles that the local municipal government have played wherein more person with disability (PwDs) have approached for the card.

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Tao, Bruce Changjiang, Edmund Goh, Songshan (Sam) Huang, and Brent Moyle. "Travel constraint perceptions of people with mobility disability: a study of Sichuan earthquake survivors." Tourism Recreation Research 44, no. 2 (March 22, 2019): 203–16. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02508281.2019.1589085.

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Ross, Timothy, Ronald Buliung, Anne Murphy, and Andrew Howard. "A visual ethnographic pilot study of school travel for families living with childhood disability." Children's Geographies 18, no. 3 (June 28, 2019): 283–97. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14733285.2019.1635991.

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Gentile, Julie P., Allison E. Cowan, Beth Harper, Ryan Mast, and Brian Merrill. "Reaching rural Ohio with intellectual disability psychiatry." Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare 24, no. 6 (May 5, 2017): 434–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1357633x17706035.

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Individuals with intellectual disability experience higher rates of mental illness when compared with the general population, and there is a lack of medical and mental health professionals in rural and under-served areas. With the increase in discharge of individuals from institutional settings back to their home communities into the least restrictive environments, there are more patients with complex needs being added to the schedules of physicians in the outpatient delivery care system. Patients with disabilities may not travel well or tolerate changes in routine so may not have access to psychiatry. Utilization of telepsychiatry is well suited to this specialized patient population because it allows a highly traumatized group to meet with a psychiatrist and other mental health professionals from a location of their choice. Ohio’s Telepsychiatry Project for Intellectual Disability was initiated in 2012 to serve outlying communities with a lack of infrastructure and resources, to provide specialized mental health services to individuals with co-occurring mental illness and intellectual disability. After five years, over 900 patients with intellectual disability from 64 of Ohio’s 88 counties receive specialized mental health treatment through this statewide grant-funded project.

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Belousova, Natalyа. "ANALYSIS OF PREPAREDNESS OF TOURIST AGENCIES OF UKRAINE TO WORK WITH INCLUSIVE TOURISTS." GEOGRAPHY AND TOURISM, no. 46 (2019): 43–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.17721/2308-135x.2019.46.43-47.

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Goal. Taking into account socio-economic factors, to give an analysis of the readiness of modern Ukrainian travel agencies for the purpose of creating adapted tourist routes for inclusive tourists taking into account their special needs and to identify the problems of providing tourist services to people with inclusions, especially those with a disability of different nosologies. Method. Analytical, comparative-geographical and synthetic methods were used. Results. Analyzing the state of work of modern Ukrainian travel agencies for the development and introduction of tourist routes for inclusive tourists, especially for people with disabilities, the reluctance of travel agencies to deal with this segment of tourists on economic, medical and purely social aspects was revealed. Scientific novelty. The state of readiness of travel agencies for work with inclusive tourists is analyzed, reasons of low level of interest of tour operators in developing routes for inclusive tourists, especially people with disabilities are revealed. Practical significance. Materials of publication can be used during the educational process in higher educational institutions that train specialists for the Ukrainian tourist industry, practical activities of tour operators and agencies.

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Lancioni, G. E., D. Oliva, S. Serenelli, and P. Pirani. "An Unobtrusive System for Helping a Person with Blindness and Intellectual Disability Travel in Indoor Areas." Perceptual and Motor Skills 85, no. 3_suppl (December 1997): 1431–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.2466/pms.1997.85.3f.1431.

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A system causing no environmental disturbance was employed for helping a woman with blindness and intellectual disability travel in indoor areas. The system provided encouragement and praise while the woman moved in the correct direction and a buzzer sound in the case of incorrect direction through earpieces. The results showed that the woman learned to use the system and traveled successfully.

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Li, Moyin, and Nebiyou Tilahun. "Time Use, Disability, and Mobility of Older Americans." Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board 2650, no. 1 (January 2017): 58–65. http://dx.doi.org/10.3141/2650-07.

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This study explored how disability, mobility, social and leisure engagement, and travel behavior influence older people’s life satisfaction. The study used the 2013 Disability and Use of Time data for people ages 50 years and older, many of whom reported physical impairments. The study developed a model that related life satisfaction with various time use, disability, and mobility variables. Summary statistics of time use showed that as people aged, they spent more time on solitary, passive leisure activities; social face-to-face time did not seem to change very much. Alone passive leisure time use was especially large for those who experienced a physical mobility-related disability and were carless. The study used an ordinal logistic regression and found that longer alone leisure time uses were associated with lower life satisfaction. Life satisfaction was positively affected by transportation variables, such as vehicle availability. The study also found that social face-to-face time use had a weak positive relationship with life satisfaction, and technology-mediated social activities had a strong negative relationship with life satisfaction.

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Li, Kevin, Kajal Mehta, Ada Wright, Joohee Lee, Tam N. Pham, Kiran K. Nakarmi, and Barclay T. Stewart. "75 Geographic Location-Allocation Modeling to Optimize National Burn Care Delivery and Disaster Planning." Journal of Burn Care & Research 42, Supplement_1 (April 1, 2021): S52—S53. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jbcr/irab032.079.

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Abstract Introduction The study country has a disproportionally high burn incidence rate compared to other low- and middle-income countries. Preventable death and disability are common due to poor population-level spatial access to organized burn care, including no organized system of ground or aeromedical transport. Currently, severe burns are referred to a single facility nationwide, often with suboptimal stabilization and/or significant care delay. Therefore, we aimed to identify existing candidate hospitals that would optimize population-level access to acute burn care if burn stabilization capabilities were strengthened in each hospital. Methods The 175 general hospitals that referred patients to the single national burn referral center between 2016–2020 were designated as candidate hospitals. Demand points for location-allocation modelling were derived from a 2020 estimated population density grid for the country (total population 30,184,338). Road network and national speed limit data were extracted from publicly available geodata to inform travel distance and time. Six models were developed (Models A-F) using cost-distance and network analyses to identify the 3 vs 5 candidate hospitals that would optimize population-level spatial access if their initial burn stabilization capabilities were strengthened. Three travel time thresholds (≤2, 6, and 12 hours) were used for both sets of models. Results Currently, 6,151,298 people (20.3% of the national population) have access to organized burn care within 2 hours of travel, 11,240,957 (37.2%) within 6 hours and 21,925,928 (72.6%) within 12 hours [Table 1]. If acute burn stabilization capabilities were strengthened, Models A-C of 3 chosen hospitals would increase population-level burn care access to 45.2%, 89.4%, and 99.8% of the national population at ≤2, 6, and 12 travel-hours, respectively. Models D-F demonstrated that 5 chosen hospitals would increase population-level burn care access to 53.4%, 95.0%, and 99.9% of national the population at ≤2, 6, and 12 travel-hours, respectively. Conclusions This exercise demonstrates two sets of models for increasing population-level access to acute burn stabilization in the study country. If acute burn stabilization capabilities were strengthened in the identified hospitals, approximately 90% of the national population would have access to burn care within 6 travel-hours in both the 3 and 5 hospital scenarios. Although the models with 5 strengthened hospitals reduce mean travel time, the percent of population with improved travel time access is only marginally higher. Strategic, organized efforts to increase burn stabilization capabilities might reduce the rates of preventable burn-related death and disability country-wide by reducing delays.

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Kosterink, Stephanie M., Rianne MHA Huis in 't Veld, Barbara Cagnie, Monika Hasenbring, and Miriam MR Vollenbroek-Hutten. "The clinical effectiveness of a myofeedback-based teletreatment service in patients with non-specific neck and shoulder pain: a randomized controlled trial." Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare 16, no. 6 (August 26, 2010): 316–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.1258/jtt.2010.006005.

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We investigated the effectiveness and efficiency of a four-week myofeedback-based teletreatment service in subjects with non-specific neck and shoulder pain. Subjects were recruited in Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands and randomly allocated to the intervention or conventional care. Subjects in the intervention group received four weeks of myofeedback training. Pain intensity and disability were evaluated by questionnaires at baseline, immediately after four weeks of treatment and at follow-up 3 months later. To investigate efficiency, the time-investment of both therapists and patients were assessed. Seventy-one subjects were included in the study (36 in the intervention group and 35 in the conventional care group). Myofeedback-based teletreatment was at least as effective clinically as conventional care. Pain intensity and disability decreased after 4 weeks of treatment in both groups and part of the effect remained at 3 months' follow-up. The teletreatment also increased efficiency for therapists by almost 20% and patients experienced the benefits of less travel time and travel costs by remote consultation. Myofeedback-based teletreatment has the potential to ensure more efficient treatment for patients with non-specific neck and shoulder pain.

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Kocaman, Sultan, and Nadire Ozdemir. "Improvement of Disability Rights via Geographic Information Science." Sustainability 12, no. 14 (July 19, 2020): 5807. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su12145807.

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Rights, legal regulations, and practices often arise from societal and scientific developments, and societal transformations may originate from new legal regulations as well. Basic rights can be re-defined with advancements in science and technology. In such an evolutional loop, where mutual supply is obvious, combined legal and technological frameworks should be exercised and developed for practicing human rights. The main aim of this article is to propose a conceptual and methodological framework for the improvement of disability rights in the light of recent advancements in geographic information science (GIScience), in particular for those with motor disabilities, for whom questions related to “where” are essential. The concept of disability is discussed, considering different aspects, and a new methodological framework is proposed in which Geographic Information Systems (GIS), volunteered geographic information (VGI) and citizen science are at the core. In order to implement the framework at the national and international levels, a spatial data model should be developed first. The new data collection and interpretation approaches based on VGI, citizen science, and machine learning methods may help to realize equal rights for people with motor disabilities, by enabling improved access to education, health, and travel.

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Bar-Yosef, Eitan. "The "Deaf Traveller," the "Blind Traveller," and Constructions of Disability in Nineteenth-Century Travel Writing." Victorian Review 35, no. 2 (2009): 133–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/vcr.2009.0028.

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Lancioni, Giulio E., Mark F. O’Reilly, Jeff Sigafoos, Lorenzo Desideri, Gloria Alberti, Valeria Chiariello, and Adriana Nozzolillo. "Smartphone-Based Technology to Help Individuals with Intellectual Disability and Blindness Manage Basic Indoor Travel." Advances in Neurodevelopmental Disorders 4, no. 4 (June 16, 2020): 430–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s41252-020-00169-4.

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Cockburn-Wootten, Cheryl, and Alison McIntosh. "Improving the Accessibility of the Tourism Industry in New Zealand." Sustainability 12, no. 24 (December 15, 2020): 10478. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su122410478.

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Internationally, the accessible tourism market has been identified as a growing segment that could lead the way for social inclusiveness, as well as providing the industry with financial gains and destination competitiveness. Despite the increased number of people who travel with access requirements, the sector still lacks an understanding of the expectations and experiences of access tourists. Accessible tourism covers an array of impairments from people who are immobile, visually impaired, an invisible impairment, parents with pushchairs, and seniors. The purpose of this study was to understand the expectations and experiences of the access consumer to suggest improvements for accessibility for the New Zealand tourism sector. The social model of disability was adopted to examine the sector and framed the semi-structured interviews with access consumers. Key results identified from the data were the need to achieve dignity in service offerings to gain experiences that facilitate independence and equity of access, access to information before the travel that is clear and accurate to aid planning, and accessible transport and education. In conclusion, the paper calls for the New Zealand tourism industry to align with the Disability Strategy sustainability goals to achieve equity and inclusion and create enjoyable accessible experiences in their tourist offerings.

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Baba, Tetsuaki. "VIDVIP: Dataset for Object Detection During Sidewalk Travel." Journal of Robotics and Mechatronics 33, no. 5 (October 20, 2021): 1135–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.20965/jrm.2021.p1135.

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In this paper, we report on the “VIsual Dataset for Visually Impaired Persons” (VIDVIP), a dataset for obstacle detection during sidewalk travel. In recent years, there have been many reports on assistive technologies using deep learning and computer vision technologies; nevertheless, developers cannot implement the corresponding applications without datasets. Although a number of open-source datasets have been released by research institutes and companies, large-scale datasets are not as abundant in the field of disability support, owing to their high development costs. Therefore, we began developing a dataset for outdoor mobility support for the visually impaired in April 2018. As of May 1, 2021, we have annotated 538,747 instances for 32,036 images in 39 classes of labels. We have implemented and tested navigation systems and other applications that utilize our dataset. In this study, we first compare our dataset with other general-purpose datasets, and show that our dataset has properties similar to those of datasets for automated driving. As a result of the discussion on the characteristics of the dataset, it is shown that the nature of the image shooting location, rather than the regional characteristics, tends to affect the annotation ratio. Accordingly, it is possible to examine the type of location based on the nature of the shooting location, and to infer the maintenance statuses of traffic facilities (such as Braille blocks) from the annotation ratio.

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O'Neill, Yvette, and Margaret O'Mahony. "Travel Behavior and Transportation Needs of People with Disabilities." Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board 1924, no. 1 (January 2005): 1–8. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0361198105192400101.

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Arguments defending the poor attention given to those with disabilities in regard to equal opportunities for transportation options tend to center on the high cost of providing or improving facilities. This paper examines the current quality of service on a variety of modes and mode ancillaries, such as stations and stops, as determined by individuals with disabilities. That section is followed by an examination of the measures to improve the quality of service that those with disabilities require. The evaluations are done with four types of disability groups; although the samples of individuals involved are small, the findings are incisive and clear. The improvement measures discussed fall into two categories: those that are costly and those that are more a matter of consideration being given by transportation operators. For example, timetables could be located at a lower level at bus stops to facilitate wheelchair users and stops could be announced as buses approach them. It would appear that in many cases low-cost solutions could be considered marginal changes to work practices or decision making, but the impact they could have on quality of service indicators for those with disabilities, such as accessibility, would be considerable.

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Tindall, Lyn. "The Use of Telepractice Technology To Provide Speech and Language Services to Persons Aging With Communication Disorders." Perspectives on Gerontology 17, no. 3 (September 2012): 94–102. http://dx.doi.org/10.1044/gero17.3.94.

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Telepractice, providing speech and language services at a distance from clients, is becoming another tool clinicians can use to provide services. Relieving the burden of travel may help those aging with a communication disability to access beneficial services. I will present evidence from several studies using telepractice for assessment and treatment of communication disorders. Although researchers have published promising results, future researchers should determine which populations will receive the most benefit from telepractice.

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Hidalgo, Darío, Camilo Urbano, Claudio Olivares, Natalia Tinjacá, José Manuel Pérez, Carlos Felipe Pardo, Manuel Rodríguez, et al. "Mapping Universal Access Experiences for Public Transport in Latin America." Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board 2674, no. 12 (September 27, 2020): 79–90. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0361198120949536.

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A new methodology for universal accessibility is proposed to identify barriers in public transport accessibility and travel experience. The methodology focuses on the travel experience of people with disabilities and people with temporary restrictions in physical mobility. The methodology not only focuses on aspects of the planning, design, and operation of public transport systems, but also emphasizes sensitive aspects of user experience, considering satisfaction and emotions. The methodology maps tavel experiences using ethnographic methods and provides a graphical depiction of the trip. This helps in identifying key elements for improving accessibility when planning, implementing, and operating public transport systems. The methodology has two parts: (i) traveling along and observing a complete and common trip of people with a permanent or temporary disability or mobility restrictions, and (ii) analyzing and observing the travel experience. The methodology was applied in Bogotá, Santiago de Chile, and Medellín. The results of the methodology allowed us to formulate policy recommendations to improve the transportation systems of these cities in the short, medium, and long term. The methodology is applicable to other transit systems.

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Fink, Paul D. S., Jessica A. Holz, and Nicholas A. Giudice. "Fully Autonomous Vehicles for People with Visual Impairment." ACM Transactions on Accessible Computing 14, no. 3 (September 30, 2021): 1–17. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3471934.

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A significant number of individuals in the United States report a disability that limits their ability to travel, including many people who are blind or visually impaired (BVI). The implications of restricted transportation result in negative impacts related to economic security, physical and mental health, and overall quality of life. Fully autonomous vehicles (FAVs) present a means to mitigate travel barriers for this population by providing new, safe, and independent travel opportunities. However, current policies governing interactions with the artificial intelligence (AI) ‘at the wheel’ of FAVs do not reflect the accessibility needs articulated by BVI people in the extant literature, failing to encourage use cases that would result in life changing mobility. By reviewing the legislative and policy efforts surrounding FAVs, we argue that the heart of this problem is due to a disjointed, laissez-faire approach to FAV accessibility that has yet to actualize the full benefits of this new transportation mode, not only for BVI people, but also for all users. We outline the necessity for a policy framework that guides the design of FAVs to include the concerns of BVI people and then propose legislative and design recommendations aimed to promote enhanced accessibility, transparency, and fairness during FAV travel.

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Davies, Daniel K., Steven E. Stock, Shane Holloway, and Michael L. Wehmeyer. "Evaluating a GPS-Based Transportation Device to Support Independent Bus Travel by People With Intellectual Disability." Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities 48, no. 6 (December 1, 2010): 454–63. http://dx.doi.org/10.1352/1934-9556-48.6.454.

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Abstract We examined the utility of a PDA-based software system with integrated GPS technology for providing location-aware visual and auditory prompts to enable people with intellectual disability to successfully navigate a downtown bus route. Participants using the system were significantly more successful at completing a bus route than were people in a control group, who used a map and verbal directions. Further, when using the GPS-based system, 73% of participants successfully rang the bell and exited the bus at the right stop compared with only 8% of the control group. This finding was observed for individuals attempting to follow a new bus route for the first time and get off the bus at a previously unknown location.

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Palchoudhury, Krittika, and Sagar Karmakar. "A Study to Evaluate the Causes of Visual Impairment amongst Patients Seeking Visual Disability Certificate." Journal of Evidence Based Medicine and Healthcare 7, no. 42 (October 19, 2020): 2399–403. http://dx.doi.org/10.18410/jebmh/2020/497.

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BACKGROUND Blindness being a major health problem in developing country, affects not only the individual but also his family and society while a number of causes of blindness are preventable if measures are taken at an earlier time. This study mainly focuses on finding these causes. METHODS Secondary data analysis was done from medical records of disability register of a tertiary eye care hospital in Kolkata for a period of one year. The cause of visual disability was ascertained. Additional data collected from records of each patient included age, gender, literacy, percentage of disability, marital and working status and also reason for obtaining the certificate. RESULTS 240 case records (149 male and 91 female) were analysed and it was found that 79.17 % patients were in the working age group (21 – 60 years). 42 % of study population had congenital malformation as a cause of their disability followed closely by retinitis pigmentosa (38 %). 65.41 % were literate of which 54.14 % were working while 57.84 % were not working. 37.5 % patients obtained the certificate to avail travel benefit. CONCLUSIONS Congenital malformation and retinitis pigmentosa are the two major causes of blindness certification. Both can be prevented by genetic counselling and discouraging consanguineous marriage. Even other causes like retinal detachment, glaucoma etc. were all preventable diseases if treated at an earlier stage. Thus, based on these findings, guidelines should be framed to decrease the prevalence of blindness in the society. KEYWORDS Certification, Congenital Malformation, Disability, Best Corrected Visual Acuity (BCVA)

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Sinha, Abhik, and Dulal K. Bhaumik. "Treatment Expenditure Pattern of Epileptic Patients: A Study from a Tertiary Care Hospital, Kolkata, India." Neurology Research International 2014 (2014): 1–6. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/869572.

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Introduction. Neurological diseases are very important causes of prolonged morbidity and disability leading to profound financial loss. Epilepsy is one of the most important neurological disorders. It being a cost intensive disorder poses a significant economic burden to the country.Aims and Objectives. The study was conducted among the persons with epilepsy (PWE) to assess their expenditure pattern for epilepsy treatment and its rural urban difference.Materials and Methods. 315 PWE selected by systematic random sampling and their caregivers were interviewed with the predesigned, pretested semistructured proforma. Subsequently data were compiled and analyzed using SPSS 18.0 software.Results and Conclusion. Majority of the study population were in the age group of 16–30 years. Majority belonged to classes IV and V of Prasad socioeconomic status scale. Average total expenditure per month for treatment of epilepsy was 219 INR, mainly contributed by drugs, travel, investigations, and so forth. Rural population was having higher treatment expenditure for epilepsy specially for travel and food and lodging in order to get epilepsy treatment. Wage loss in the last three months was present in 42.86% study subjects which was both affected by seizure episodes and travel for visits. Better district care would have helped in this situation.

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Pourrahmani, Elham, Miguel Jaller, Neil Maizlish, and Caroline Rodier. "Health Impact Assessment of Connected and Autonomous Vehicles in San Francisco, Bay Area." Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board 2674, no. 10 (August 17, 2020): 898–916. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0361198120942749.

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This paper presents the potential human health impacts from connected and autonomous vehicles (CAVs) in the San Francisco, Bay Area, U.S. The study concentrates on impacts derived from CAVs’ outcomes on travel demand, safety, and environmental emissions. The paper combines travel modeling practices, critical literature review, and the authors’ expert inference, to quantify the human health impacts using the Integrated Transport and Health Impacts Model (ITHIM). Specifically, ITHIM estimates impact considering changes in travel demand, level of physical activity, emissions, and safety features. This study estimates a 10% increase in car travel mileage and an 11% decrease in walk/bike trip mode share at the presence of CAVs; a 70%–90% crash reduction because of safer CAVs; and significant emission reduction by several CAV-enabled mechanisms such as eco-driving (over 30% CO2 emission reduction) and engine performance adjustment (over 20% CO2 emission reduction). The health impact assessments show significant opportunities for road traffic injury reductions (annual saving of more than 300 deaths and 14,000 life years). However, reduced physical activity because of the mode shift to the car could cause negative health outcomes (increased annual deaths and disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) by more than 30–60 and 700–900, respectively). A set of (active transport [AT] and vehicle electrification) scenarios were developed that could mitigate the potential health-related risks and evaluated their effectiveness. The results show enormous benefits from 50% increased travel-related physical activity which offset the CAV health drawbacks and generates additional benefits by preventing premature deaths and saving life years.

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Moufakkir, Omar. "Transformative consumer service." Tourisme et handicap 32, no. 2 (June 8, 2016): 116–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.7202/1036601ar.

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Despite progress in the inclusion of people with disabilities in society and in leisure participation, including access to tourism, their satisfaction with the tourism experience is still an area that receives limited attention in tourism research. Ingrained in the social psychology of tourism studies, the purpose of this study is to adapt the leisure constraints model to fill this gap and contribute positively to the tourism experience of this market segment. A questionnaire based on the literature was administered to a sample of people with various types of disabilities, to assess the importance of certain constraints on enjoyment, and highlight the importance of certain criteria for enjoyment. Findings support submissions that this market is a viable tourist segment based on travel frequency, preference for domestic travel, and information sources. Slight differences among disability groups regarding perceived constraints, problems encountered when travelling, inclusion, and important criteria for enjoyment are recorded.

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BRYANT, B., R. MAYOU, L. WIGGS, A. EHLERS, and G. STORES. "Psychological consequences of road traffic accidents for children and their mothers." Psychological Medicine 34, no. 2 (January 28, 2004): 335–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0033291703001053.

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Background. Little is known about the psychological and behavioural consequences of road traffic accidents for children. The study aimed to determine the outcome of road traffic accidents on children and their mothers.Method. A 1-year cohort study of consecutive child attenders aged 5–16 years at an Accident and Emergency Department. Data were extracted from medical notes and from interview and self-report at baseline, 3 months and 6 months.Results. The children had an excellent physical outcome. Fifteen per cent suffered acute stress disorder; 25% suffered post-traumatic stress disorder at 3 months and 18% at 6 months. Travel anxiety was frequent. Post-traumatic consequences for mothers were common.Conclusion. Psychological outcome was poor for a minority of children and associated with disability, especially for travel. There were significant family consequences. There is a need for changes in clinical care to prevent, identify and treat distressing and disabling problems.

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LANCION, G. E. "SUPPORTING INDEPENDENT INDOOR TRAVEL OF PEOPLE WITH BLINDNESS AND INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY WITH REDUCED FREQUENCIES OF AUDITORY CUES." Perceptual and Motor Skills 92, no. 1 (2001): 83. http://dx.doi.org/10.2466/pms.92.1.83-88.

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Sony Coráñez Bolton. "Cripping the Philippine Enlightenment: Ilustrado Travel Literature, Postcolonial Disability, and the “Normate Imperial Eye/I”." Verge: Studies in Global Asias 2, no. 2 (2016): 138. http://dx.doi.org/10.5749/vergstudglobasia.2.2.0138.

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Rickly, Jillian M., Nigel Halpern, Marcus Hansen, and John Welsman. "Travelling with a Guide Dog: Experiences of People with Vision Impairment." Sustainability 13, no. 5 (March 5, 2021): 2840. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su13052840.

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There is considerable research on people with vision impairment (PwVI) in the transport, travel and tourism sectors, which highlights the significance of real-time information and consistency in services to accessibility. Based on interviews with guide dog owners in the United Kingdom, this paper contributes an additional dimension to our understanding of transport accessibility for PwVI by focusing specifically on guide dog owners’ experiences in the travel and tourism sector. A guide dog is more than a mobility tool, but a human–dog partnership that improves the quality of life for PwVI; however, it also introduces constraints related to the dog’s welfare and safety. Further, lack of understanding of guide dog owners’ rights to reasonable accommodation leads to discrimination through service refusals and challenges to service access. This paper concludes that the limited and inconsistent public knowledge of disability diversity has serious ramifications for transport accessibility and suggests specific industry and legislative interventions in response.

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