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The Construction of Disability & Health:
The Role of Spaces & PlacesAPHA Disability Section Chair’s Forum 2013
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Disabling Spaces of Home
Lillie Greiman & Andrew Myers
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“As a space of belonging and alienation, intimacy and violence, desire and fear, the home is invested with meanings, emotions, experiences and relationships that lie at the heart of human existence.” ~Blunt (2005)
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• The places in which we live tell stories about who we are and what we value
• The design of homes reflect social norms about what bodies can and should do
• Homes are intimate spaces invested with social, spatial, and psychological meaning
Home, Space & Identity
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Disembodied Space
“People with disabilities often experience the home as a series of ‘disembodied spaces’, or places that are designed in ways that are rarely attentive to their physiological and bodily needs” ~Imrie (2004)
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2011 American Housing Survey Households with individuals 18-75yrs
Uses any mobility device:
• 60% of households have a step at the entrance of their home
• 49% of households with individuals who have difficulty getting into the tub do not have grab bars
Uses a manual wheelchair:
• 47% of households have steps
• 32% have an individual who has difficulty using cabinets
• 23% have an individual who has difficulty using stove
• 24% have an individual who has difficulty using the sink
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For Your Consideration
• How are cultural values communicated through and within the home?
• What are the health implications of “disembodied homes”?
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Healthy Housing Meg Traci
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Healthy Housing: A Resource for Resilience Control › Autonomy › Self-determination
Social Support › Emotional and instrumental support
Secure Base › Access resource-rich environments
Retreat › Reprieve from outside stress/hassles
Sound Shelter = Protection from the elements
Clean + Contaminant-Free + Dry +Maintained
+ Pest-Free + Safe+ Ventilated
(NCHH’s 7 Healthy Home Principles)
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Montana BRFSS 2011
• Visitable home prevalence in subpopulations with:
1) With walking difficulty and
2) Use Special Equipment
• Health differences
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