LP05c: DISABLED PEOPLE, PLANNING & HOUSING
(updated: June 19, 2006 )

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* indicates most useful and/or up to date references

Access Board (US) Public Rights-of-Way Access Advisory Committee, 2001, 'Building a True Community,' January, and at http://www.access-board.gov/prowac/commrept/index.htm

Access Committee for England, London:
(ACE/Centre on Environment for the Handicapped (now the Centre for Accessible Environments)), 'Access for disabled people - design guidance notes for developers', 1985.
'Access policies for local plans', 1993. ISBN 0 901151.
'Working Together for Access', 1995.

Alsono, Fernando, 2002, 'The benefits of building barrier-free: a contingent valuation of accessibility as an attribute of housing', European Journal of Housing Policy 2 (1), pp25-44, http://taylorandfrancis.metapress.com.

Altman, B.M.; Barnartt, S.N; Hendershot, G & Larson, S, 2003, 'Using Survey Data to Study Disability: Results from the National Health Interview Survey on Disability', Elsevier Science, September, ISBN 0-7623-1007-3, http://www.elsevier.com/locate/isbn/0-7623-1007-3

Anon, 2002, 'Housing Matters: National Evidence Relating to Disabled Children and their Housing', November, tel. (01235) 465500.
Anon, 2002, 'Home if Where the Start is: The Housing and Urban Experiences of Visually-Impaired Children', November, The Policy Press, tel. (01235) 465500.

Arblaster, Lorne, et al., 1998, 'Achieving the impossible: interagency collaboration to address the housing, health and social care needs of people able to live in ordinary housing', The Policy Press/Community Care, Bristol.

Armitage, Richard, 1995, 'Accessible transport fails the passenger', Surveyor, 5348, 13.7.95
Armitage, Richard, 1996, 'Access to the Consumer world' (disabled access to pedestrianised shopping areas), Surveyor, 4.4.96.
Armitage, Richard, 1996, 'Improving accessibility: New Act Lays down the law, but clear transport guidance still awaited', Local Transport Today, 10.10.96.

Association Suisse des Invalides (Swiss Association of Invalids), 1993, 'Construction Adaptée aux Personnes Handicapées' (Construction Adapted for Disabled People), Association Suisse des Invalides ASI, Olten, Switzerland.

Audit Commission publications, tel. (0800) 502030, email: [email protected]
- websiteL http://www.audit-commission.gov.uk/publications
'Older People: Independence and well-being - Summary report', 2004, http://www.info4local.gov.uk/searchreport.asp?id=18696&heading=e-mail+alert
'Assistive Technology: Independence and well-being - Part four', February 2004, http://www.info4local.gov.uk/searchreport.asp?id=18687&heading=e-mail+alert

Baker, Chris, 2004, 'Act spells workload growth' (new requirements of the Disability Discrimination Act), Planning 1580, 1.10.04, p10

Barker, P, Barrick, J & Wilson, R, 1995, 'Building Sight: A Handbook of Building and Interior Design Solutions to include the needs of Visually Impaired People', RNIB, HMSO, ISBN 117019933

Barlow, James; Venables, Tim, 2004, 'Will technological innovation create the true lifetime home?, Housing Studies 19 (5), September, p795, http://journalsonline.tandf.co.uk/link.asp?id=E6T9T4YMWBYU29HH

Barnes, C., 1991, 'Disabled People in Britain and Discrimination', Hurst, London.

Barton, Hugh, 1998, 'Planning for access', in C. Greed & M. Roberts (ed), 'Introducing Urban Design: Inteventions and Responses', Addison Wesley Longman, Harlow, Essex.

Betts, S et al, 2001, 'Inclusive government for excluded groups: women and disabled people', in Chaney, P et al (eds), 2001, 'New Governance - New Democracy?', University of Wales Press, Cardiff.

Bignall, Tracey & Butt, Jabeer, 2000, 'The views of young black disabled people on independent living', Joseph Rowntree Foundation Findings (Ref: 340), The Policy Press, Bristol. ISBN 86134 198 3.
Bignall, Tracey; Butt, Jabeer & Pagarani, Deepa, 2002, 'Something to Do: the Development of Peer Support Groups for Young Black and Minority Ethnic Disabled People', The Policy Press website, http://www.policypress.org.uk or the Joseph Rowntree Foundation website: http://www.jrf.org.uk

British Council for Offices, London, tel. (020) 7283 4588:
(BCO & JMU Access Partnership), 'The Accessible Office', available from customer services at the Royal National Instiute of the Blind, tel. (0845) 702 3153, August 2004.

British Standards Institution (BSI), London:
'Code of Practice for access for the Disabled to Buildings' (BS 5810), 1979.
'PD 6523: Information on access to and movement within and around buildings and on certain facilities for disabled people', 1989.
'Code of Practice for the Design for the Convenience of Disabled People' (BS 5619), ?
'British Standard 8300: Design of buildings and their approaches to meet the needs of disabled people - Code of Practice', ISBN 0 580 38438 1, January 2002.
'BS 7997: Products for tactile paving surface indicators - Specification, British Standards Institution (Draft), February 2002.

British Telecom, London:
'The BT guide for disabled people', 1999.
'BT Countryside for All standards and guidelines: a good practice guide to disabled people's access in the countryside', 1999, Oversize HV1568.B8

Bruton, Mike, 2000, 'New Millennium: New Horizons for Disabled Ramblers', Countryside Recreation (University of Wales, Cardiff) 8 (3), August.

Building Research Establishment (BRE), Garston, Watford, Hertfordshire
- website: http://www.bre.org.uk
Building regulation and safety, Building Research Establishment Report, 1995.

Burns, Nicola, 2004, 'Negotiating difference: disabled people's experiences of housebuilders', Housing Studies 19 (5), September, p765, http://journalsonline.tandf.co.uk/link.asp?id=MJG8LC5TT451722V

Butler, C. & Patterson, A, 1994, 'The disabling environment: constraints on the mobility of the physically impaired in the urban high street', West London Papers in Environmental Studies 2, pp35-46.

Canadian Standards Association, 1995, 'Barrier-Free Design, Public Safety A National Standard for Canada'. Canadian Standards Association, Etobicoke, Ontario, Canada.

Carpenter, Iain, et al., 1995, 'Housing, Care and Frailty', available from Elizabeth Ustic, Anchor Housing Trust, 29a Banbury Road, Oxford, OX2 7EH.

Carroll, Caitriona; Cowans, Julie & Darton, David, 1999, 'Meeting Part M and Designing Lifetime Homes', York Publishing Services, tel. (01904) 430033, fax. (01904) 430868.. ISBN 1 95935 051 8

Centre for Accessible Environments, London, tel. (020) 7357 8182:
'Designing for Accessibility' (revised edition), 1999.
'Access Audits: Guide and checklist for appraising the accessibility of public buildings', (guidance on design of public buildings to meet the needs of disabled people), 1999.

Centre for Local Economic Strategies (CLES) publications, available from
CLES, 35 Whitworth St. West, Manchester M1 5NG, tel. (0161) 236 7036:
- website: http://www.cles.org.uk
'Disability and the Regeneration Agenda: Making the Links', May 2004, available from email: [email protected]

Centre on the Environment for the Handicapped, 1985, 'Access for Disabled People: Design Guidance Notes for Developers', ?

Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE),
222 Balham High Road, London SW12 9BS, tel. (020) 8675 5211
'Code of Practice for Interior Lighting', ?

City of North Vancouver, 1998, 'Pedestrian Access Guidelines', City North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, at http://www.cnv.org

Civic Trust & the Joint Mobility Unit, ?2000, 'Night Sites' (problems of access for the disabled to the night time economy), Joint Mobility Unit, London, tel. (020) 7387 7109.

Cole, Angela; McIntosh, Barbara & Whittaker, Andrea, 2000, 'We want our voices heard: Developing new lifestyles with disabled people', The Policy Press, Bristol. ISBN 1 86134 287 X.

Commission for Racial Equality (CRE), London, tel. (020) 7843 2253:
'A Single Equality Body: Lessons from abroad', December 2002, http://www.info4local.gov.uk/searchreport.asp?id=13370&heading=e-mail+alert

Community Transport Association, 1997, 'Blueprint for change', CTA, London.

Cope, Andy & Haynes, Ken, 1998, 'Proposals for disabled users in National Parks in England and Wales', Countryside Recreation Survey, Spring.

Council (from June 2003: Campaign) for the Protection of Rural England (CPRE), London
- website: http://www.cpre.org.uk
'The Housing Numbers Game: A Campaigners' Guide', 1994.
'Circular Projections', (author: Professor Glen Bramley), 1995.
'Testing, testing: Regional housing requirements in Development Plans', 1996.
'Making sense of environmental capacity', 1997
'Urban Exodus', 1998.(OFL)
'Anybody Home? Empty Homes and their Environmental Consequences', December 1998. Pamphlet HD7333.A3.C6
'Plan, Monitor and Manage: Making it Work', (by Alan Wenban-Smith), 1999.

Countryside Commission (former; part of The Countryside Agency since April 1999)
- publications available from The Countryside Agency Publications, Wetherby:
'Recreation for the disabled (Bibliography), CCP 221, 1993 (revised). (only available on inter-library loan from TCA's library in Cheltenham).
'Informal countryside recreation for disabled people. A practical guide for countryside managers', CCP 439, Countryside Agency Publications, Northampton, 1994 (revised).

Countryside Recreation Network, 2001, 'Social Inclusion in the Countryside - Leisure in the United Kingdom: The Role of the Countryside in Addressing Social Inclusion', Countryside Recreation Network, Cardiff, tel. (029) 2087 4970, September.

Cranfield University, 2000, 'Guidance on Best Practice in Meeting the Needs of Disabled People in the Pedestrian Environment and in Transport-Related Infrastructure', Cranfield University, Bedfordshire, May.

Dansk Standard Handbog, 1995, 'Udearealer for alle. Anvisning for planlaegning og indretning med henblik pa handicappedes foerden' (Outdoor areas for everybody. Guidelines for Planning and Design of Outer Areas for Disabled People's Mobility), DS-Handbog 105.

Daunt, P., 1991, 'Meeting Disabilities: A European Response', Cassel, London.

Davies, Linda, 1999, 'Planning for disability: barrier-free living', Chapter 6 in Greed, Clara, (ed.) 'Social Town Planning', Routledge, London. HT133.S6

Department for Transport (DfT), London, Mobility and Inclusion Unit,
Zone 1/18, Great Minster House, 76 Marsham Street, London SW1P 4DR,
tel. (020) 7944 6100, vfax. (020) 7944 6102, email: [email protected]
- website: http://www.dft.gov.uk
'Guidance on the Use of Tactile Paving Surfaces', ?
'Legibility of Timetables and Leaflets - A Guide to Good Practice', (DPTAC), ?
'Inclusive Mobility: A guide to Best Practice on Access to Pedestrian and Transport Infrastructure', December 2002, http://www.mobility-unit.dft.gov.uk.inclusive
'A Survey of Occupied Wheelchairs to Determine Their Overall Dimensions and Weight:Survey - 1999', February 2003,
http://www.info4local.gov.uk/searchreport.asp?id=14182&heading=e-mail+alert
'The Announce System: Making bus travel accessibile for all', February 2003,
http://www.info4local.gov.uk/searchreport.asp?id=14179&heading=e-mail+alert

Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions (DTLR) (June 2001-May 2002):
- website: http://www.dtlr.gov.uk
'Fraud in the Private Sector Housing Renewal and Disabled Facilities Grants Programme - Housing Research Summary No 133', September 2001, http://www.housing.dtlr.gov.uk/hrs/hrs133/index.htm
(DTLR & the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment; CABE), 2001, 'Better Places to Live', September, in PDF: http://www.planning.dtlr.gov.uk/betrplac/index.htm
'Housing-related services grant: interim guidance' (?exact title), October 2001, and at http://www.spkweb.org.uk
'Supporting People', November 2001. tel. (020) 7794 3000.
'Residential Care, Housing, Care and Support Schemes and Supporting People: A consultation paper', November 2001
http://www.info4local.gov.uk/searchreport.asp?id=3847&heading=e-mail+alert
'Disabled Facilities Act: Allocations for 2002/2003', http://www.housing.dtlr.gov.uk/local/hsg/dfgallocations/index.htm

Department of Health
'A Practical Guide for Disabled People or Carers: 2003 edition', April 2003,
http://www.info4local.gov.uk/searchreport.asp?id=15073&heading=e-mail+alert

Department of Social Services (DSS) and
Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions (DETR):
Supporting People' (Consultation Paper), DSS, December 1998

Department of the Environment (DOE (1970-1997)
Circular 10/82: Disabled Persons Act 1981.

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions (DETR) (June 1997 - June 2001)
- website: http://www.detr.gov.uk
NB: DETR replaced from June 2001 to May 2002 by the Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions (DTLR)
'A design guide for the use of colour and contrast to improve the built environment for visually impaired people, Joint Mobility Unit, RNIB & University of Reading, 1997.
'Places, Streets and Movement: A companion guide to Design Bulletin 32: Residential roads and footpaths', September 1998. Documents Division UK/P99/52
'Guidance on the use of Tactile Paving Surfaces', 1998,
Circular 8/98, The Building Regulations (Amendments) Regulations 1998 - New Part M in Building Regulations 1991 - New Amended Document, 'Access for Disabled People', 1998.
'Building Regulations Part M: Access and Facilities for Disabled People', 1999 edition, TSO, London, October 1999. ISBN 0 11 753469 2 http://www.construction.dtlr.gov.uk
'Suggestions for improving access and facilities for disabled people through the Building Regulations - a consultation', June 2000, http://www.construction.detr.gov.uk/br/partm/index.htm
DETR Mobility Unit, Zone 1/11, Great Minster House, 76 Marsham Street, London SW1 4DR,
tel. (020) 7890 6102, fax. (020) 7890 6102, email: [email protected]
'Guidance on the use of tactile paving surfaces', 1999, and at http://www.mobility-unit.dtlr.gov.uk/tactile/index.htm
'Disability Discrimination Act 1995 - Code of Practice 1995 - Code of Practice - Rights of Access; Goods, Facilities, Services and Premises', ISBN 0112710557, http://www.disability.gov.ukl/dda/dle/cop-accs.doc
'Disability Discrimination Act 1995 information: Disabilty Discrimination Act 1995: Rail Vehicle Accessibilty Regulations Act 1998 (Consultation on Draft Guidance)', March 2000, http://www.mobility-unit.detr.gov.uk/dda95/rvar98/index.htm
'Disability Discrimination Act 1995: Carriage of Guide, Hearing and Assistance Dogs in Taxis - Guidance on the Duties, Medical Exemptions and Enforcement - Consultation Draft', September 2000, and at:- http://www.mobility-unit.detr.gov.uk/dda95/guidedogs/index.htm
''New Directions for Independent Living: Inspection of independent living arrangements for younger disabled people', October 2000
DETR (and former Department of Transport) Mobility Unit Advice documents available from Zone 1/11,
Great Minster House, 76 Marsham Street, London SW1P 4DR, tel. (020) 7944 6100, fax. (020) 7944 6102,
email: [email protected] :
'Get Wheelchair Wise - A Wheelchair User's Guide to Public Transport', April 2001, http://www.mobility-unit.detr.gov.uk/wheelchair/index.htm
NB: DETR replaced from June 2001 to May 2002 by the Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions (DTLR)

Department of Transport (DOT) (former; part of DETR from June 1997 to June 2001):
'Design Criteria for Footbridges', Departmental Standard BD29/87, 1987.
'Traffic Advisory Leaflet 4/90, 'Tactile markings for Segregated Shared-use by Cyclists and Pedestrians', 1990.
'Getting the Right Balance', Local Transport Note 1/87', HMSO, London.
DOT Disability Unit Circular DU 1/91, 'The Use of Dropped Kerbs and Tactile Surfaces at Pedestrian Crossing Points', 1991. (superseded in 1998/99 by DETR, 'Guidance on the Use of Tactile Paving Surfaces')
'Tactile paving, Technical Bulletin 9/96, Joint Mobility Unit, London, 1996.
(Joint Mobility Unit, RNIB & University of Reading), 'A design guide for the use of colour and contrast to improve the built environment for visually impaired people', July 1997

Dewsbury, Guy; Rouncefield, Mark; Clarke, Karen; Somerville, Ian, 2004, 'Depending on digital design: extending inclusivity', Housing Studies 19 (5), September, p811, http://journalsonline.tandf.co.uk/link.asp?id=619VR6HF56WABNMR

Disability Rights Commission, 2002, 'Quality and Disability Equality in the Best Value Regime', Disability Rights Commission, tel. (08457) 622633, email: [email protected]

Edwards, Claire, 2001, 'Inclusion in Regeneration: A Place for Disabled People?', (Carfax / Taylor & Francis Group), Urban Studies 38 (2), pp267-286
Edwards, Claire, 2002, 'Barriers to Involvement: the Disconnected Worlds of Disability and Regeneration ', Local Economy (Taylor & Francis) 17 (2), May, p23, http://taylorandfrancis.metapress.com/link.asp?id=VK8D0H56WF5UUNKR
Edwards, Claire, 2003, 'Disability and the discourses of the Single Regeneration Budget', Chapter 8 in Imrie, Rob & Raco, Mike, (eds.) 2003, 'Urban renaissance? New Labour, community and urban policy', The Policy Press, Bristol. ISBN 1 86134 380 9 (Hb) / 1 86134 381 7 (pb) (HT133.U7).

Ellis, Caroline, 2005, 'The disability challenge', (the housing crisis facing disabled people), Town and Country Planning 74 (1), January, p24

English Heritage, London:
(English Heritage & Colin Davies), 'Streets for All' (design principles for the removal of the 'clutter' of street furniture from London Streetscape), report jointly commissioned by, the Government Office for London, the Pedestrians' Association & London Forum, English Heritage, London, August 2000 (OFL on 18.8.00)
'Easy Access to Historic Buildings', 2004.
'Easy Access to Historic Buildings', October 2005.

European Committee for Standardization, 2000, 'Safety rules for the construction and installations of lifts - Part 70: Particular applications for passenger and goods passenger lifts - Accessibility to lifts for persons including persons with disability, Draft European Standard, European Committee for Standardization, Brussels.

Evans, Rachel & Banton, Martin, 2002, 'Learning from Experience: Involving Black and Disabled people in Shaping Services', Council of Disabled People, Warwickshire, tel. (01926) 420702.

Fearns, D, 1993, 'Access Audits: a guide and checklists for appraising the accessibility of buildings for disabled users', Centre for Accessible Environments, London.

Fleck, Julie, 1996, 'City (of London) shows way forward on access for disabled people', Planning no. 1183, 23.8.96.
Fleck, Julie, 2000, 'RTPI welcomes new access working group', Planning 1392, 27.10.00.
Fleck, Julie, 2002, 'Recent developments in planning and access for disabled people', Planning 1473, 14.6.02, p20.

Flores, J.K & Minaire, O, 1986, 'Epidemologie du handicap: etude fonctionelle d'une population' (Incidence of disability: functional study of a population), Laboratoire Ergonomie Sant Confort, Institut National de Recherche sur les Transports et leur Securite, December.

Football Foundation, 2003, 'Facilities for Disabled Spectators at Stadia - Consultation Paper', March, available at http://www.footballfoundation.org.uk

Foster, Lisa, 1997, 'Access to the Historic Environment: Meeting the needs of disabled people', Donhead Publishing, Shaftesbury, Dorset.
Foster, Lisa, 1997, 'Access to the Historic Environment: Meeting the needs of disabled people', TSO, London, ISBN 1973394187.

Frechette, L.A., 1996, 'Accessible Housing', McGraw Hill, New York.

Gant, R, 1997, 'Pedestrianisation and disabled people: a study of personal mobility in Kingston town centre', Disability and Society 12 (5), pp723-740.
Gant, Robert, 2000, 'Shopmobility - enabling access in town centres', Town and Country Planning 69 (12), December.

Gillingwater, D, 1999, 'New Deal for Community Transport - from the Margin to the Mainstream', Community Transport, January/February, pp26-27.

Gillman, Susanna, 2006, ‘Inclusivity rises up planners’ agenda’, Planning 1654, 3.2.06, p16-17

Gleeson, Brendan, 1999, 'Geographies of Disability', Routledge, London/New York. ISBN 1 415 17908 4 (Hb) / 0 415 17909 2 (pb)

Goldsmith, Selwyn, 1976, 'Design for the disabled' (3rd edition), RIBA Publications. Oversize TH4662.GOL

Goodall, Brian; Pottinger, Gaye Pottinger; Dixon, Tim; Russell, Henry, 2004, 'Heritage property+ tourism and the UK Disability Discrimination Act', Property Management 22 (5), pp345-357

Greater London Association of Disabled People, 1996, 'All Change 2000, GLAD, 336 Brixton Road, London SW9 7AA.

Grundy, E; Ahlburg, D; Mohamed, A; Breeze, E & Sloggett, A, 1999, 'Disability in Great Britain: Results from the 1996/97 Disability Follow-Up to the Family Resources Survey', Department of Social Security, Research Report no. 94, CDS, Leeds.

Habinteg and Home Housing Associations, 1997, 'Wheelchair housing guide', Hainteg and Home Housing Associations.

Hall, Peter & Imrie, Rob, 2001, ‘Inclusive Design: Designing and Developing Accessible Environments’, Taylor & Francis, Abingdon, Oxfordshire. ISBN 0 419 25620 2

Herriman, Anna, 2006, 'Increasing access to planning as a career', Planning 1673, 16.6.06, p27

Harrison, Malcolm with David, Cathy, 2001, 'Housing, social policy and difference: Disability, ethnicity, gender and housing', The Policy Press, Bristol. ISBN 1 86134 187 3 (pb) / 1 86134 305 1 (Hb)
Harrison, Malcolm, 2004, 'Defining housing quality and environment: disability, standards and social factors', Housing Studies 19 (5), September, p691, http://journalsonline.tandf.co.uk/link.asp?id=3V4BHXV4DULJBBH5

Hastings, Jillian; Thomas, Huw, 2005, 'Accessing the nation: Disability, political inclusion and built form', Urban Studies 42 (3), March, p527, http://journalsonline.tandf.co.uk/link.asp?id=P0J755H1863R4414

Haynes, Ken & Cope, Andy, 1998, 'Provision for disabled users in national parks in England and Wales', Countryside Recreation, Spring, pp13-15.

Help the Aged, 2003, 'Older People County: Help the Aged Income INdex for Older People in England and Wales 2003', May, at http://www.helptheaged.org.uk

Heywood, Frances, 2004, 'Understanding needs: a starting point for quality', Housing Studies 19 (5), September, p709, http://journalsonline.tandf.co.uk/link.asp?id=5QH37YC54MN2N9R8

Higgins, Marilyn, 2005, 'Planning for diversity and equality is simply good planning' (the RTPI Diversity and Equality in Planning Good Practice Guide), Planning 1640, 14.10.05, p24

Holmes, Siedle, 1996, 'Barrier-Free Design: A Manual for Building Designers and Managers', Butterworth-Heinemann, London.

Homer, Stephen, 2002, 'No disservice' (preparing for implementation of the Disability Discrmination Act 1995), Surveyor 189 (5705), 14.11.02, p14.

Imrie, Rob, 1996, 'Planning for access and disabled people', Town and Country Planning, 65 (9), September.
Imrie, Rob, 1996, 'Disability and the City: International Perspectives', Chapter 5: Creating Accessible environments', Paul Chapman, London.
Imrie, Rob, 2000, 'Responding to the Design Needs of Disabled People', (Carfax) Journal of Urban Design 5 (2), June.
Imrie, Rob & Hall, Peter, 2001, 'An Exploration of Disability and the Development Process', (Carfax / Taylor & Francis Group), Urban Studies 38 (2), pp319-332
Imrie, Rob & Hall, Peter, 2001, 'Inclusive Design: Designing and Developing Accessible Environments', Routledge / Spon Press, London. ISBN 0 419 25620 2 (pb), (OFL on 8.7.03)
Imrie, Rob, 2004, 'Can the planning system meet the needs of disabled people?', Town and Country Planning 73 (9), September, pp252-353
Imrie, Rob, 2004, 'Disability, embodiment and the meaning of the home', Housing Studies 19 (5), September, p745, http://journalsonline.tandf.co.uk/link.asp?id=AKWMDV1K95LKFR5M
Imrie, Rob, 2004, 'Housing quality, disability and domesticity', Housing Studies 19 (5), September,
p685, http://journalsonline.tandf.co.uk/link.asp?id=DV38D12W51C6E34M
Imrie, Rob, 2005, ‘Accessible Housing: Quality, Disability and Design’, Taylor & Francis, Abingdon, Oxfordshire. ISBN 0 415 31891 2 (Hb) / 0 415 31892 0 (pb)

INRETS, 1986, 'Epidemiologie du handicap: etude fonctionnelle d'une population' (The incidence of disability: functional study of a handicap), INRETS, Bron, France.

Institute for Transport Studies, University of Leeds, 1989, 'Ergonomic Standards for Disabled People in Pedestrian Areas', Institute for Transport Studies, University of Leeds, Leeds.

Institution of Highways and Transportation (IHT), 6 Endsleigh Street, London WC1H 0DZ,
tel. (020) 7387 2525:
'Guidelines: Reducing Mobility Handicaps - Towards a Barrier Free Environment', July 1991.
'Providing for People with a Mobility Handicap', 1986.
'Revised guidelines for reducing mobility handicaps: Towards a barrier-free environment', 1997.

Jester, T.C & Park, S.a, 1993, 'United States Parks Service, 1993, 'Making Historic Properties Accessible – Preservation Brief 32, ark, United States Parks Service.

JMU Access Partnership, JMU, Great Portland Street, London W1N 6AA, tel. (020) 7387 2233
'Technical Bulletin: Streets and External Environment', 1998
(JMU Access Partnership & the Sign Design Society), 'Sign Design Guidance', ?
'Colour and tone contrast', ?

Joint Committee on Mobility of Blind and Partially Sighted People (JCMBPS), London:
'Shared Facilities for Pedesrtrians and Cyclists - Policy Statement', 1997.
'Streets and External Environments briefing on mobility impairment', 1999?
'Design and operation of accessible public transport' (good practice guide), 1999?.

Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF), York
- website: http://www.jrg.org.uk
'Being and Becoming: Social Exclusion and the Onset of Disability', November 2003, and at http://www.jrg.org.uk
'Disabled Peole's Costs of Living: More Tan You Would Think', October 2004

Joseph Rowntree Foundation, 2003, ''Being and Becoming: Social Exclusion and the Onset of Disability', JRF, York, November, and at http://www.jrg.org.uk

Keates, S. & Langdon, P. et al, 2002, 'Universal Access and Assistive Technologies', Springer, ISBN 1-85233-595-5 (OFL on 8.7.03)

Kinver, Mark, 2000, 'Access All Areas' (accessibility for all and the greener future), (Forum for the Future) Green Futures 25, November/December.

Knight, J & Brent, M, 1998, 'Access Denied: disabled people's experience of local exclusion', Lenoard Cheshire, London.

Local Government Information Unit (LGIU), 1995, 'The Disability Discrimination Act 1995: A Guide for Local Authorities', LGIU, London.

London Boroughs Disability Resource Team, 1991, 'Towards Integration: The Participation of Disabled People in Planning', Disability Resource Team.

London Committee on Accessible Transport:
(London Committee on Accessible Transport and Birmingham City Council), 'Qualitiative and quantitative results of a survey of Shopmobility schemes', London Committee on Accessible Transport, 1994.
'Shop mobility in London', LCAT, 1994.
(London Committee on Accessible Transport & Birmingham City Council), 'Shopping services for people with disabilities', LACT, 1995.

London Cycling Campaign, 228 Great Guildford Business Square, 30 Great Guildford Street,
London SE1 OHS, tel. (020) 7928 7220:
'The All Ability Cycling Guide', May 2000

Lonsdale, S., 1990, 'Women and Disability: The Experience of Physical Disability Among Women', Macmillan, London,.

Manley, S., 1999, 'Creating accessible environments' and 'Appendix 2: Disability', in Greed, C & Roberts, M (eds), 'Inrtroducing Urban Design: Interventions and Responses', Addison Wesley Longman, Harlow, Essex, pp153-167.

Martin, Eric, 1999, 'Improving Access to Heritage Buildings – A Practical Guide to Meeting the Needs of People with Disabilities;, Australian Heritage Commission

Martin, J., et al., 1988, 'The Prevalence of Disability Among Adults', OPCS Surveys of Disability in Great Britain, Report 1, HMSO, London

Mason, Micheline, 2000, 'Incurably Human', Working Press. ISBN 1 870736 38 9

Milner, Jo & Madigan, Ruth, 2004, 'Regulation and innovation: rethinking 'inclusive' housing design', Housing Studies 19 (5), September, p727
http://journalsonline.tandf.co.uk/link.asp?id=DFJW0HQDLBK2RWWJ

Ministère de la Solidarité, de la Santé et de la Protection Sociale, 1990, 'Access', Ministère de la Solidarité, de la Santé et de la Protection Sociale, France.

Mitchell, Wendy & Sloper, Patricia, 2000, 'User-friendly Information for Familes with Disabled Children: a Guide to Good Practice', Joseph Rowntree Foundation, York, tel. (01904) 629241 and c.f. http://www.jrf.org.uk/bookshop

Murray, Pippa, 2004, 'Making connections: Developing inclusive leisure in policy and practice', Joseph Rowntree Foundation, York. ISBN 1 85935 199 9

Neighbourhood Initiatives Foundation, tel. (0870) 770 0339:
'Disability Access Guide', 2002.

Noble, C. Wycliffe & Lord, Geoffrey, 2003, 'Access for Disabled People to Arts Premises: The Journey Sequence', Architectural Press, ISBN 075065 7790, http://www.architecturalpress.com

Northern Ireland Planning Service
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