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Disabled and elderly people in the First, Second and Third Worlds.

F G Bowe1

  • 1School of Education, Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY 11550.

International Journal of Rehabilitation Research. Internationale Zeitschrift Fur Rehabilitationsforschung. Revue Internationale De Recherches De Readaptation
|January 1, 1990
PubMed
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Disability impacts all nations, with 80% of individuals living in developing countries. Policy must integrate accessibility and adaptability, leveraging technology for cost-effective solutions.

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Area of Science:

  • Public Health
  • Disability Studies
  • Socioeconomics

Background:

  • Disability prevalence and impact vary significantly across developed, communist, and developing nations.
  • Over 80% of the global 500 million persons with disabilities reside in developing countries, a figure projected to rise to 90%.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To explore guiding principles for national disability policies worldwide.
  • To identify design principles for effective disability support.
  • To examine the role of information-age technology in disability prevention, rehabilitation, and employment.

Main Methods:

  • Policy analysis across different global economic structures (First, Second, and Third Worlds).
  • Examination of key values: integration and normalization.

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  • Assessment of design principles: accessibility and adaptability.
  • Consideration of technological advancements in disability services.

    • Main Results:

    • Integration and normalization are identified as crucial values for national disability policies.
    • Accessibility and adaptability are proposed as useful design principles.
    • Economic disparities significantly influence the implementation of technology for disability support.

    Conclusions:

    • Nations must integrate principles of normalization, integration, accessibility, and adaptability.
    • Cost-effective solutions require a synthesis of these principles tailored to national contexts.
    • Information-age technology offers potential but faces economic barriers in developing nations.