Disabled people's mobility, movement and access into and around the built environment is often constrained by physical and socio-attitudinal barriers. Based upon first-hand research studying the daily mobility and movement of female wheelchair users in different urban environments in England, this book explores issues relating to disabled people's access needs as well as the different contexts within which their mobility is shaped. It develops an understanding that destabilises the common-sense conception of access as solely a physical matter and incorporates social, psycho-emotional and corporeal dimensions in developing a broader conceptions of disability and mobility. Examining the interrelationships between technology and impairment as well as strategies of resistance deployed by disabled people to ensure access to urban spaces and places, the author exposes the challenges the built environment can present to the movement and mobility of disabled people and asks how we can overcome these challenges in order to make the environment more conducive to independent mobility.
| ISBN: | 9781138285408 |
| Publication date: | 5th January 2026 |
| Author: | Mariela Gaete Reyes |
| Publisher: | Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 240 pages |
| Series: | Routledge Advances in Disability Studies |
| Genres: |
Personal and public health / health education Disability: social aspects Sociology Medical sociology Human geography Regional and area planning Civil engineering, surveying and building |
Disabled people's mobility, movement and access into and around the built environment is often constrained by physical and socio-attitudinal barriers. Based upon first-hand research studying the daily mobility and movement of female wheelchair users in different urban environments in England, this book explores issues relating to disabled people's access needs as well as the different contexts within which their mobility is shaped. It develops an understanding that destabilises the common-sense conception of access as solely a physical matter and incorporates social, psycho-emotional and corporeal dimensions in developing a broader conceptions of disability and mobility. Examining the interrelationships between technology and impairment as well as strategies of resistance deployed by disabled people to ensure access to urban spaces and places, the author exposes the challenges the built environment can present to the movement and mobility of disabled people and asks how we can overcome these challenges in order to make the environment more conducive to independent mobility.
Disability, Mobility and Space features in the following genres: Personal and public health / health education, Disability: social aspects, Sociology, Medical sociology, Human geography, Regional and area planning, Civil engineering, surveying and building
Disability, Mobility and Space is available in Hardback
Disability, Mobility and Space was written by Mariela Gaete Reyes and published by Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis
Disability, Mobility and Space has 240 pages
Yes it is part of Routledge Advances in Disability Studies series