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Home / Revista Española de Investigaciones Sociológicas (REIS), Number 140, Octubre-Diciembre 2012

Open Access «Design for All» in Social Research on Persons with Disabilities

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Social studies on disability have increased in number and importance in Spain and other countries over the last few years. Nevertheless, the majority of the available sources and studies do not adequately represent this heterogeneous group, which currently makes up about 9 per cent of the Spanish population. The implementation of social measures requires representative sources and studies containing relevant information. The aim of this paper is to identify the main difficulties involved in designing and developing social research methods concerning persons with disabilities, and offer proposals and recommendations in order to advance towards a more inclusive social research using the concepts of accessibility and design for all.

Keywords: Accesibilidad; Accessibility; Design for All; Disability; Discapacidad; Diseño para todos; Encuestas; Fuentes de datos; Information Sources; Metodología de investigación; Muestra; Research Methodology; Sampling; Surveys

Language: Spanish

Document Type: Research Article

Publication date: 01 January 2012

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  • Revista Española de Investigaciones Sociológicas (REIS) is a quarterly publication of the Center for Sociological Research (Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas - CIS), and constitutes one of the main editorial activities of CIS. REIS was first published in 1978, with the main goal of disseminating the results of sociological research aiming at a better understanding of the Spanish society. Its historic course and the high level of quality demanded on its contributions has situated REIS in an outstanding position as a reference journal in the area of the Social Sciences. The journal covers a wide range of topics in the field of Sociology and Political Science in general.

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