TELEVISION programs, ACCESSIBLE design, SOCIAL conditions of people with disabilities, MASS media, INTERNET & society, VIDEO on demand
Abstract
As television moves beyond digital broadcast modes of distribution towards online modes of delivery, this paper considers the opportunities and challenges for people with disabilities. With accessibility relying on a complex mix of regulation, legislation and industry innovation, the paper questions whether predictions of improved accessibility are an automatic outcome of new television technologies. The paper asks 'where to next?' for disability and the Internet through an emphasis on the importance of television in an accessible new media environment. The paper draws on government policies, the activist intervention of a number of people with disabilities as documented online, and primary research into Australian television audiences with disabilities that took place in 2013 and 2014. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
INTERPERSONAL relations, INTERVIEWING, PEOPLE with intellectual disabilities, PATIENT safety, RESEARCH funding, QUALITATIVE research, ACCESSIBLE design, HOME environment, THEMATIC analysis, PATIENTS' attitudes
Abstract
Little is known about how people with intellectual disability understand personal safety, or what strategies they call upon when they do not feel safe in their homes. In this participatory research, 20 people with intellectual disability talked about the ways they keep themselves safe in the places where they live, and what helps them or makes it hard for them to stay safe. Interviews with nine disability policy-makers were also conducted to include a systemic perspective about how personal safety is addressed by funded disability support services. A series of factors either support people or make it difficult for them to put their strategies into action, influencing the degree to which they were able to draw upon their own strategies to protect themselves from potential harm. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]