Еволюционно развитие на дизайна на спомагателни средства за хора в неравностойно положение
Evolutionary development of the design of supporting devices for People with Disabilities

Summary/Abstract: Modern society lives a fast-paced lifestyle. Everyday routine dominates the life of people who are preoccupied with their own problems and worries. Sadly, however, there is a group of people who finds it increasingly more difficult to join this hectic life and get adequately integrated – these are the people with disabilities. The problem has always existed but it has been deliberately avoided or overlooked (Anev, 2016). The difficulties that this group of people encounter have somewhat been ignored and neglected in the hope that there is someone else who cares about them and can adopt some measures which could result in specific solutions to benefit them. Often people with disabilities are adversely affected when it comes to providing opportunities for meaningful participation in the social and cultural system they belong to. This deficit is usually due to the existence of physical or social barriers caused by ignorance, indifference or fear in the other members of the society. It is quite common for the people, who the disabled interact with, to undervalue and neglect their potential to participate in the regular public life. Design can play an essential part in integrating and including these people in the everyday public activities. The role that design can play can be the starting point for improving the situation. The transition from a medical model (which interprets the disability as a personal tragedy) to a social model which focuses on the disability as a socially constructed concept surrounded by the barriers erected in the surrounding environment is an important step in the attempts made towards understanding the problems that people with disabilities have (Boys, 2014).

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