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A Study on the Current Status Analysis of Reasonable Accommodations at Exhibition Facilities (전시시설의 정당한 편의 제공 실태에 관한 연구)

  • Lee, Kyoo Il;Kim, In Soon;Lee, Ki Jung;Lee, Tae Eun
    • 재활복지
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    • v.17 no.4
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    • pp.311-338
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    • 2013
  • The Act of Disability Discrimination and Rights Restriction was enacted in 2008 states that all services including cultural and artistic activities should be fair and easily accessible for disabled. The aim of this study was to determine how to improve the facilities and services for the disabled in exhibition facilities and provide complementary guidelines for amenities designed for people with disabled. The conclusions identified through this study are as follows: 1) It should be installed pedestrian safe passage so that visitors could access from the entrance of the ground to inside of the exhibition facility. 2) The floor of the exhibition hall should be installed not slip, and dangerous obstacles placed in the corridor should be removed. 3) It Should be considered that visually impaired and wheelchair users are use different facilities at toilet and elevator. 4) To guide the visually impaired and hearing impaired it should be prepared palpable map, braille signage, miniature and brochures. 5) Visually impaired and hearing impaired can experience the exhibits by using a variety of senses, therefore it may need to provide assistive devices and human services.

A Study on the Disabled′s Assessment of Accommodation Facilities and Needs for Improving the Facilities (장애유형별 편의시설에 대한 평가 및 개선요구에 관한 연구)

  • 이연숙;장윤정;이기정
    • Korean Institute of Interior Design Journal
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    • no.26
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    • pp.112-120
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    • 2001
  • This study investigated the extend to which the facilities satisfactorily accommodate people with different disabilities and their specific needs for improving the facilities. Systematic interviews were conducted with 90 disabled people using the non-propertionate stratified cluster random sampling method. Frequency analysis, Chi-square tests, Duncan tests, and analysis of variance(ANOVA) were employed for data analysis. The findings indicated that the respondents' assessment of accommodations and needs for improving accommodations differed by the type of disabilities. People with physical disabilities were the least satisfied with stairs, followed by seating in stadiums and/or theaters. For people with visual disabilities, the lack of guidance and information facilities was the most difficult problem. People with hearing disabilities often pointed out difficulties in using public telephones. meanwhile, people with physical disabilities asked for easy access to assistive devices and improved mobility-related circumstances. yet people with visual disabilities expected to improve way-finding relevant issues, such as detectable warnings on walking surfaces and guidance and information facilities, whereas people with hearing disabilities desired to develop hearing-aid equipments, such as TDD and assistive listening systems.

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A Study on Accessibility of the Walk Environment in University Campus Facilities (대학교 캠퍼스 내·외부 보행환경의 '접근성'에 관한 연구)

  • Won, Sun-Young;Kim, Sung-Jun;Lee, Hyo-Chang;Kim, Dae-Jin;Park, Jung-Ah;Ha, Mi-Kyoung
    • KIEAE Journal
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    • v.9 no.1
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    • pp.11-21
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    • 2009
  • Today the realization of a welfare society is urgently needed as growing of economy. To promptly meet the needs of the times, the ratio of a matriculation of the physically disabled is getting higher, stretching opportunities of a higher education. But, the walk environment in university educational facilities is still insufficient because of the indifference to the education of the physically disabled. The purpose of this research is to suggest the direction to improve the walk environment for all users through evaluation of the accessibility of the walk environment in university educational facilities, and the scope of the research is the internal and external walk environment of university educational facilities. The first step of the research is preparatory study review to extract the elements of the accessibility of the Universal Design Principles. And then, we evaluate the accessibility of university educational facilities through the site visits. The results of this research are as following: 1) The internal and external walk environment of university educational facilities needs more physical improvement for keeping accessibility. 2) We need to provide consistent guidances from the external sidewalks to main entrances, slopes, staircases, elevators, and corridors. 3) The walk environment of university educational facilities needs to maintain continuously.

The Effect of the Human Relations of Employees in Welfare Facilities for the Disabled on Turnover Intent: Focusing on the Mediating Effect of Job Satisfaction (장애인복지시설 종사자의 인간관계가 이직의도에 미치는 영향: 직무만족의 매개효과를 중심으로)

  • Lee, Byoung-Rock
    • Journal of Digital Convergence
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    • v.18 no.12
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    • pp.631-638
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    • 2020
  • This study aims to analyze the relationship between the human relations and the turnover intent of employees in community centers for the disabled. This also examines the mediating effect of job satisfaction between the human relations and the turnover intent. For this purpose, a questionnaire survey was conducted to employees in community centers for the disabled in Chungnam and Daejeon areas. And the 376 data was used for analysis. The results of this research are as follows : 1) the human relations and the job satisfaction had negative statistic association with the turnover intent of employees in community centers for the disabled. 2) the job satisfaction was found to partially mediate between the human relations and the turnover intent. Based on the results of this study, several suggestions can be presented to decrease the turnover intent in terms of the improving of the human relations and the job satisfaction of employees in community centers for the disabled.

A Study on Disabled Users' Core Needs According to the Types of Disorders for Library Service (도서관 장애인서비스에 대한 장애유형별 이용자 핵심요구 연구)

  • Kang, Ji Hei;Cha, Sung-Jong;Bae, Kyung-Jae
    • Journal of Korean Library and Information Science Society
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    • v.49 no.1
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    • pp.173-191
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    • 2018
  • Over the past decade, the environment around libraries for the disabled has been greatly improved. Related legislation was established, facilities and facilities expanded, and the number of related collections and programs increased. In order to solve this problem, a survey of users' needs in accordance with the changing environment needs to be completed. In this study, we studied the existing research and analyzed the core needs of each type of disability employing user interviews and expert Delphi research. Users demanded quantitative and qualitative expansion of resources as well. Users needed personalized services and programs, convenience in using facility, accessibility of web and applications, and professional staff.

Identification of Evacuation Route Planning Elements for the Disabled by Considering Universal Design - A Study on the Welfare Center for the Disabled - (유니버설 디자인을 고려한 지체장애인 대피경로 계획요소 규명 - 장애인 종합복지관 시설을 대상으로 -)

  • Jung, Tae-Ho;Yang, Won-Jik
    • Journal of the Society of Disaster Information
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    • v.18 no.3
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    • pp.672-686
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    • 2022
  • Purpose: This study derived the planning factors affecting the evacuation route of facilities for the disabled and to identify the planning factors that affect each facility. Method: The PLS(Partial Least Square)Regression analysis was used to solve the problem of multicollinearity and number of samples. Result: As a result of analysis, The most important planning elements for each facility were derived as door: closing time (1.131), corridor: ramp for wheelchairs (1.227), stairs: emergency lighting for stairs (1.117), and evacuation space: evacuation space convenience facilities (1.106). Conclusion: In order to plan an effective evacuation route for the disabled, a universal design should be applied to consider the perception, needs, and satisfaction of the disabled, rather than a comprehensive reflection.

Research on Mobile Wheelchair Lift Design (이동식 휠체어 리프트 디자인 연구)

  • 이명기
    • Archives of design research
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    • v.15 no.4
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    • pp.275-284
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    • 2002
  • To improve the social and economic position of the disabled people and secure their human rights, an integrated society should be buill. To build such a society, an adequate access should be provided to the movement or in using buildings or facilities. The inconveniences from social life on the part of the disabled people might not result from their impairment or disability, but from physical and social barriers in the environment surrounding them. Therefore, it is necessary to reconstruct entire systems of the society as a disabled people-friendly structure in order to remove those barriers, make them stand their own feet in our communities and freely participate in the social activities. This will eventually lead to build a society in which all people including the disabled people can use those facilities in a more convenient way. It is almost impossible for the disabled people to safely and conveniently access to and use facilities and equipments and freely move to their desired places, without any help from others in Korea. Even though, there are currently many disabled people-related convenience facilities, they have been independently built without a connection with other facilities and buildings, thus not greatly useful. Even when convenience facilities have been built, mostly they are superficially set up; therefore, in many cases, the disabled peOple cannot use those facilities. In this. research, I tried a new concept of mobile wheelchair lift design, which the disabled people can operate without restrictions, when using the public facilities. The key to this research was to develop the existing import-oriented simple functional products to a new system with functional safety and high quality orientation. Also, this research aimed at bringing an. import substitution effect, as well as preempting the mobile wheelchair lift market by advancing into overseas markets through application of new image designs in the field of disabled people aid equipments.

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A Study on the Areal Analysis of the Sports Center for the Disabled User (장애인의 이용을 고려한 스포츠시설의 면적현황 분석에 관한 연구)

  • Seong, Ki-Chang;Chai, Choul-Gyun;Kang, Tae-Sung
    • Journal of The Korea Institute of Healthcare Architecture
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    • v.14 no.4
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    • pp.31-38
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    • 2008
  • As people's interest in the increase of individual leisure time and health grows, their interest in sports is also growing day by day to improve their standards of living. In the midst of the social changes, people's awareness of the disabled's sports activities is changing as well. However, the disabled's full access to public sports centers is restricted due to the shortage of facilities, area and available programs in public sports centers including community gymnasiums. In order to solve this problem, rehabilitation sports centers have been built as part of public sports centers, but the number of rehabilitation sports centers is still small. Besides, the disabled find themselves uncomfortable when using rehabilitation sports centers because most of them are outdated and too small in size. To make matters worse, sports centers for the use of the disabled only have a negative effect on the disabled's making inroads into society by hampering them from being a part of social unification. This study made a comparative analysis on the areal state of indoor gyms and swimming pools, which are the main areal factors of rehabilitation sports centers and public sports centers. Based on this analysis, this study aims to propose a sports center use plan for both the disabled and non-disabled. As a result, the total floor area ratios of indoor gyms for the disabled were found to be higher than those of public sports centers. This is because many indoor gyms for the disabled are not well equipped with resting areas, auxiliary or supporting areas. Regarding swimming pools for the disabled, their total floor area ratios and areas were found to be lower than those of public sports centers because, in many cases, these swimming pools are used for the rehabilitation of the disabled in rehabilitation sports centers. For this reason, swimming area for individual leisure activity or hobby is insufficient.

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A Study on the Difference in the Priority Level of Recognition by Gender for Universal Design Application (성별에 따른 유니버설디자인 적용의 우선순위 인식 차이 연구)

  • Park, Cheongho
    • Journal of The Korea Institute of Healthcare Architecture
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    • v.27 no.1
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    • pp.17-34
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    • 2021
  • Purpose: The purpose of this study was to find out the difference in the priority level of recognition for universal design application in public spaces by gender. Method: ANOVA(analysis of variance) and post-hoc test were conducted to determine the priority level of recognition and pattern for the disabled, non-disabled, and experts classified into males and females. Results: There was no gender difference in the comparison by sector for all males and females. However, in comparing of domains and facilities, women showed a higher level of recognition than men in the building sector and cross domain. When comparing space consumers and producers by dividing them into male and female groups, women showed a higher level of recognition than men in producers, but there was no gender difference between consumers. In comparison by sector, domain and facility, women producers also showed a higher level of recognition in the road sector, park and recreation sector, sidewalk domain, four-spaces in the park and recreation sector, and six-spaces in the building sector than men producers. Also, in the building sector, women producers and consumers showed a higher recognition level than men. Comparing the disabled, non-disabled people and experts by dividing them into male and female groups, in the case of non-disabled people and experts, women showed a higher level of recognition than men, while men showed a higher level of recognition than women in the disabled. In addition, there were differences in recognition patterns in many spaces and facilities by gender. Implications: This study is meaningful in comparing the differences in the priority level of recognition and patterns between men and women to apply universal design for people of all ages and both sexes.

A Survey on the Barrier-Free Environment of Public Office Building in Jeju Area (제주지역 공공업무시설의 장애물 없는 생활환경 실태조사 연구)

  • Seong, Ki-Chang;Park, Chul-Min;Kim, In-Bae
    • Journal of The Korea Institute of Healthcare Architecture
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    • v.22 no.4
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    • pp.29-36
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    • 2016
  • Purpose: Considering the proportion of the population such as the elderly, pregnant women, infants companion and constantly increasing foreign tourists, there is a high need for implementing an environment without barriers. In terms of policy and institutional aspects, Jeju Special Self-Governing Province is striving to create an environment without barriers and to promote the safety and convenience of Vulnerable Pedestrians. But it is not enough to create a viable barrier-free environment. Methods: Method of this research is to analyze the general population status and installed facilities status for the disabled in Jeju. And analysis of policy research needs and level of barrier-free. By applying the barrier-free environment certification standards should conduct an assessment of the level of the current public office buildings in Jeju. It presents the environmental improvement of public office buildings for barrier-free environment. Result: Barrier-free environment status of the five public office buildings research surveyed all buildings have shown low levels of installed facilities for the disabled. In particular, it was analyzed that represents a very low level in the intermediate facilities and other facilities. The development of a specific installation manual for the facilities for the disabled is required to improve public office buildings. And barrier-free criteria need to reflect on the implementation of regulations. Implications: Through continuous research to analyze the barrier-free level and problems of public office buildings, it will be made to improve the comprehensive and reasonable alternative.