Meeting special needs: Waverley School, Enfield and the Red Cross Centre, Irvine

Article Abstract:

Two buildings catering for the needs of severely disabled people provide a standard of excellence for design for special needs. The Waverley School, Enfield, England caters for severely disabled children from age 2 to 18. The large building, focused on an internal swimming complex, has a well-lighted and friendly atmosphere. Equipped to a high standard, the school cost 946.83 pounds sterling per metre. The Red Cross Centre in Irvine, Scotland is similarly highly equipped and provides spacious residential and day-care accommodation for disabled adults in transition from hospital to independent life.

Standards, Design and construction, Schools, Architecture and disabled persons, Architecture and the disabled, Rehabilitation centers

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Managing to escape

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UK building standard BS5588: Part 8 lays down provisions for incorporating fire escape, especially for those who are disabled and cannot evacuate on their own. The standard ensures designers think adequately about fire escape provision, and all precautions are explained to the client. Doors should open towards the fire escape, enabling the use of wheelchairs, while visual fire alarms should replace the older audible kind.

Laws, regulations and rules, Buildings, Building designers, Access for the disabled, Fire-escapes, Fire escapes

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Providing for disability: the recently passed Disability Discrimination Act will have far-reaching consequences for the design of a wide range of buildings

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The government's Disability Discrimination Act 1995 was passed on 08 November 1995 and covers employment, education, public transport and buildings. It provides for a National Disability Council to be established and would outlaw discrimination against the disabled in recruitment and employment as well as in the provision of goods, facilities and services.

Prevention, Discrimination against disabled persons, Handicapped discrimination

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