The Anthropometrics of Disability - Designing Accessible Communities

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PREFACE Anthropometry of people with disabilities is receiving an increasing amount of attention. This Workshop brought together about 40 invited experts from many fields to share information and ideas and to discuss the state of the art in this cross-disciplinary area of knowledge. The goal was to generate new ideas and approaches about data collection, analysis, computer modeling and effective use of anthropometric data in the design of environments and products. An important long-range objective was to identify ways to improve the knowledge bases used in accessibility codes so that they can more accurately reflect the functional abilities and needs of people with disabilities. Proceedings were prepared for use in the Workshop. This document is intended to summarize both the papers and the discussion that occurred among those present. More formal publications of the full papers and versions of this document are planned. We wish to personally thank our Co-Organizer, the RERC on Ergonomic Solutions for Employment, our staff who helped to organize the Workshop, and all the Participants who contributed papers and participated in the discussions. In particular, thank you to Lois Thibault of the U.S. Access Board and William Peterson of NIDRR for identifying the need for this event and providing the financial support necessary to make it happen. Edward Steinfeld, Arch. D. Director RERC on Universal Design at Buffalo
DISCLAIMER This report was developed with funding from grant H133E99005 from the U.S. Department of Education. The contents do not necessarily represent the policy of the Department of Education and readers should not assume any endorsement by the Federal government. The Anthropometrics of Disability | 9
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Page 15 and 16: 1. OVERVIEWS Four papers provided a
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Page 43 and 44: GENERAL OVERVIEW The Workshop broug
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Sarah Endicott CATEA Georgia Instit
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2. COMPUTER MODELING AND ANTHROPOME
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form that can be used efficiently i
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The challenge for anthropologists,
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8. THREE-DIMENSIONAL MEASUREMENTS,
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BRUCE BRADTMILLER Engineering anthr
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This research employed a direct ant
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LAURIE RINGAERT, DAVID RAPSON, JIAN
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outcome variables. Differences in f
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MATTHEW P. REED, PH.D. Advancements
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functional ability to develop datab
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