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- Editors:
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Edward Steinfeld
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State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, USA
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G. Scott Danford
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State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, USA
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Table of contents (18 chapters)
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Front Matter
Pages i-xvii
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Introduction
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- Edward Steinfeld, G. Scott Danford
Pages 1-6
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Theory
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- Edward Steinfeld, G. Scott Danford
Pages 11-33
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- Bettye Rose Connell, Jon A. Sanford
Pages 35-57
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- Theo J. M. van der Voordt
Pages 59-88
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Reliability and Validity
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- Susanne Iwarsson, Åke Isacsson
Pages 93-109
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- G. Scott Danford, Edward Steinfeld
Pages 111-137
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- Carolyn Norris-Baker, Gerald D. Weisman, M. Powell Lawton, Philip Sloane, Migette Kaup
Pages 165-181
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- Jon A. Sanford, Mary Beth Megrew
Pages 183-206
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New Directions in Research Methods
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Front Matter
Pages 207-210
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- Ron Sekulski, Louise Jones, Leon A. Pastalan
Pages 211-231
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- Edward Steinfeld, Gary Richmond
Pages 233-250
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- Julia W. Robinson, Travis Thompson
Pages 251-270
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Measurement in Practice
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Front Matter
Pages 295-296
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- Bruce B. Blasch, William R. De l’aune, Franklyn K. Coombs
Pages 297-317
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- Margaret Haley, Julio Bermudez
Pages 319-330
About this book
TItis volume is the first effort to compile representative work in the emerging research area on the relationship of disability and physical environment since Barrier-Free Environments, edited by Michael Bednar, was published in 1977. Since that time, disability rights legislation like the Americans, with Disabilities Act in the United States, the worldwide growth of the independent-living move ment, rapid deinstitutionalization, and the maturation of functional assessment methodology have all had their impact on this research area. The impact has been most noticeable in two ways-fostering the integration of environmental vari ables in rehabilitation research and practice, and changing paradigms for environ mental interventions. As the contributions in this volume demonstrate, the relationship of disabil ity and physical environment is no longer of interest primarily to designers and other professionals concerned with managing the resources of the built environ ment. The physical environment has always been recognized as an important variable affecting rehabilitation outcome. Until recently, however, concepts and tools were not available to measure its impact in clinical practic~ and outcomes research. In particular, lack of a theoretical foundation that integrated environ ment with the disablement process hampered development of both research and clinical methodology. Thus, the physical environment received little attention from the mainstream rehabilitation research community. However, this situation is changing rapidly.
