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A Survey of Accommodation Needs, Capabilities and Desires of Handicapped People
Author(s) -
Horn R. V.,
Cameron L.,
Hill J.,
Holdsworth R.,
Johns R.
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
australian journal of social issues
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.417
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1839-4655
pISSN - 0157-6321
DOI - 10.1002/j.1839-4655.1980.tb00673.x
Subject(s) - accommodation , project commissioning , disabled people , reasonable accommodation , publishing , function (biology) , sociology , psychology , applied psychology , political science , law , life style , neuroscience , evolutionary biology , biology
A survey of the accommodation needs of eighty‐three handicapped people in the Sydney area is described. Results suggest that present accommodation is more a function of opportunity and finance than of preferred choice, and that there is a demand among disabled people of all ages for more independent housing.