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Barriers of Public Environment from the Perspective of People with Acquired Brain Injury during Shopping
Markovcová, Lucie ; Rybářová, Kateřina (advisor) ; Pluhaříková-Pomajzlová, Jana (referee)
Author: Lucie Markovcová Title: Barriers of Public Environment from the Perspective of People with Acquired Brain Injury during Shopping Introduction: Removing barriers of the enviroment is one of goals of The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. In foreign studies, occupational therapists are also focused on the effects of barriers on the performance of people with disabilities, which limit them due to sensory disorders or their phatic and cognitive functions. Aim: Find out the barriers of public enviroment, that complicate shopping of people with aquired brain injury (ABI). Methods: A questionnaire with 34 questions was made and distributed in electronic version and also in version for printing by emails to facilities for adult people with ABI. Therapists and family members were allowed to help them with filling the questionnaire, so people with malfunction of phatic functions and cognitive skills were not limited. Also involved observation during shopping was made with 5 people with ABI. Results: The questionnaire was filled by 26 people with ABI on average in 12 minutes. 20 of them were after stroke. Most of them were at least 1 year after ABI and felt their disability as medium-difficult. 23 respondents were already shopping after ABI. Most of them needs physical help from...

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