Purpose

The purpose of this study is to describe knowledge, awareness and experience of different employees in a Swedish municipality (City of Gothenburg) concerning the disability perspective, accessibility and universal design in practice.

Design/methodology/approach

This study is based on an online survey. A total of 119 different employees responded to the survey. The data was analyzed from a mixed-method approach, using descriptive statistics and textual analysis. The study also included personal interviews with 19 employees in the City of Gothenburg.

Findings

A total of 521 employees in the City of Gothenburg participated in disability awareness exercises (DAE) at the Disability Awareness Arena to gain greater knowledge and insight on disability perspectives in different environments and services. Of these, 119 people representing different professions in soft and hard services and companies participated in the survey; and 19 people participated in personal interviews. The study showed that a vast majority of them were very satisfied and they have developed and practiced their new knowledge and attitude toward disability and accessibility.

Research limitations/implications

One limitation in this study is that it has investigated the experiences and effects of the DAE 6–12 months after its implementation. Therefore, it is not possible to analyze long-term effects that the DAE can have in practice.

Originality/value

To the best of the authors’ knowledge, no prior study of these issues has been conducted in Sweden. This study is deemed to have significant social benefit because of the steadily increasing demand for disability simulations, awareness of disability perspective and accessibility in municipality settings. No other study has addressed the importance of the DAE in these perspectives. DAE is defined in this article as a unique concept for promoting the usage of the disability perspective in the everyday workplace.

中文翻译：

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瑞典的残疾意识竞技场：对社区设施，通用设计和残疾观点的学习之声

目的

这项研究的目的是描述瑞典市政当局（哥德堡市）不同雇员在实践中有关残疾观点，可及性和通用设计的知识，意识和经验。

设计/方法/方法

这项研究基于在线调查。共有119位不同的员工回应了调查。使用描述性统计和文本分析从混合方法中分析数据。该研究还包括对哥德堡市19名员工的个人访谈。

发现

哥德堡市共有521名员工参加了残疾意识竞技场的残疾意识练习（DAE），以获取更多有关不同环境和服务中的残疾观点的知识和见识。其中，代表软，硬服务和公司不同专业的119人参加了调查。有19人参加了个人访谈。该研究表明，他们中的绝大多数人都非常满意，他们已经开发并实践了他们对残疾和可及性的新知识和态度。

研究局限/意义

该研究的局限性在于它已经研究了DAE实施6-12个月后的经验和效果。因此，不可能分析DAE在实践中可能产生的长期影响。

创意/价值

据作者所知，瑞典尚未对这些问题进行过事先研究。由于对残障模拟的需求不断增加，对残障观点的认识以及在城市环境中的可及性，这项研究被认为具有重大的社会效益。从这些角度来看，没有其他研究解决过DAE的重要性。本文将DAE定义为一个独特的概念，以促进在日常工作场所中使用残障视角。