Following the lead of Parsloe & Smith (2022), this article explains and advocates possible modes of participation that consider the disabled, chronically ill, and systemically vulnerable students and faculty who are fighting to succeed in higher education. The way participation is measured in college classes is often ableist in nature; thus, it is ...
Virtual or hybrid options provide a way for marginalized faculty and staff to fully participate in their fields and on their campuses. As such, an equitable and pandemic-informed academic workplace should include fully accessible and well-resourced hybrid participation options for department meetings and events, office work, and classroom duties. I...
This critical commentary poses the question: what if we didn’t return to the “normal” of strict, ableist classrooms policies rooted in the bureaucratic, legalistic framework of “accommodations” and, instead, embraced the Disability Justice principle of collective access? After critiquing the accommodations process used in most higher education sett...
Parameter-efficient fine-tuning (PEFT) for personalizing automatic speech recognition (ASR) has recently shown promise for adapting general population models to atypical speech. However, these approaches assume a priori knowledge of the atypical speech disorder being adapted for—the diagnosis of which requires expert knowledge that is not always av...
Published in International journal of health geographics
Gambling and its harmful effects on human health and well-being represent a significant public health concern in many countries, with electronic gambling machines (EGMs) recognized as one of the most detrimental forms of gambling. Previous research has established an association between EGM accessibility, expenditure, gambling harm, and the socioec...
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This thesis evaluates transport modes' effects on accessibility, integrating location-based and utility-based accessibility approaches alongside the Floating Catchment Area (FCA) family of metrics and agent-based modeling. Through a case study centered on Casablanca and its surrounding areas, we analyze the relationships between urban infrastructur...
The 15-minutes city concept highlights the importance of putting proximity back at the heart of planning approaches, in order to focus accessibility to the amenities needed for daily life around short distances and encourage walking (Büttner et al. 2022). This concept, which has gained considerable momentum among politicians and academics, has impo...
Published in Disability and rehabilitation. Assistive technology
Ride-on cars provided a novel means for young children with disabilities to explore their home and community environments.Children drove their adapted ride-on cars for longer periods of time outside than inside, and in close proximity to their homes.The identification of an accessible route increased driving frequency and drive session duration. Re...
Transport matters for health and education outcomes, by ensuring physical access to crucial facilities. Using spatial modelling techniques and routable public transport service data, this study assesses the effectiveness of mostly semi fixed-route public transport systems in connecting people to advanced healthcare and education facilities in Afric...
