TY - JOUR
KW - Disability
KW - Inclusion
KW - New Zealand
AU - Wilkinson-Meyers L
AU - Brown P
AU - Reeve J
AU - McNeill R
AU - Patston P
AU - Dylan S
AU - Baker R
AU - Ryan B
AU - McEldowney J
AB - This article presents the qualitative findings from a larger mixed methods study of the barriers and costs associated with disability in New Zealand. A social model of disability framework was integrated with an economic cost model using consensual budget standards to (1) identify key barriers disabled people experience in their everyday living and (2) develop consensus about the resources disabled people agree they require to reduce or remove them. Forty-nine people with physical, hearing, vision or intellectual impairment participated in a series of 8 impairment-based focus groups. The analysis identified inaccessible environments, negative attitudes, unreliable transportation and poor access to information as key barriers. However, lack of adequate and appropriate resources (e.g. equipment, modifications, support, transport and time) to address these barriers was the overarching obstacle to participation. The inclusion of time as both a barrier and a valuable resource is arguably the most important contribution of the study.
BT - Disability & Society
DO - 10.1080/09687599.2014.966803
IS - 10
LA - eng
N2 - This article presents the qualitative findings from a larger mixed methods study of the barriers and costs associated with disability in New Zealand. A social model of disability framework was integrated with an economic cost model using consensual budget standards to (1) identify key barriers disabled people experience in their everyday living and (2) develop consensus about the resources disabled people agree they require to reduce or remove them. Forty-nine people with physical, hearing, vision or intellectual impairment participated in a series of 8 impairment-based focus groups. The analysis identified inaccessible environments, negative attitudes, unreliable transportation and poor access to information as key barriers. However, lack of adequate and appropriate resources (e.g. equipment, modifications, support, transport and time) to address these barriers was the overarching obstacle to participation. The inclusion of time as both a barrier and a valuable resource is arguably the most important contribution of the study.
PY - 2014
SP - 1540 
EP -  1553
T2 - Disability & Society
TI - Reducing disablement with adequate and appropriate resources: a New Zealand perspective
VL - 29
SN - 0968-7599
ER -