Rehabilitation Sciences 3125A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Occupational Therapist, Occupational Therapy, Food Food (Tv Channel)

• School: Western University
• Department: Rehabilitation Sciences
• Course: Rehabilitation Sciences 3125A/B
• Professor: Michael Ravenek

Document Summary

The where of human occupation: physical environment part i. Physical and social are the main two environmental categories. Institutional and cultural are more aspects of the two categories. E. g. natural sunlight and air in the classroom. E. g. everything except for natural sunlight and air in classroom. E. g. getting to class: bus being late (physically interacting with social environment, they are individualized (stairs) E. g. getting to class: lightning, automatic doors. Design meeting the needs of the broadest human abilities: equitable use. The design is useful and marketable to people with diverse abilities. Provide the same means of use for all users, identical wherever possible, equivalent when necessary. Make provisions for privacy, security and safety equally available to all users. Make the design appealing to all users. E. g. bathrooms no longer having doors, just a curved entrance. E. g. text to speech: flexibility in use. The design accommodates a wide range of individual preferences and abilities: sample and intuitive use.