This article examines domestic interior design developed and propagated by the home economics movement in post-war America for women physically disabled by the poliovirus and other causes resulting in similar impairments. It argues that domestic interior design was maximally assistive, facilitating the disabled in their everyday tasks, in particular domestic labour. This article shows that home economists fostered post-war efforts supporting the disabled in the following ways: 1) in addition to designing individual domestic aids, they developed more effective holistic spatial solutions, 2) in addition to devising and teaching bodily techniques to help the disabled in their daily tasks, they advanced the social notion of disability by addressing the disability circumstantially: creating accommodating environments that alleviated the effects of physical constraints, often by harnessing societal means (institutional, financial, and legislative), 3) they defied the stereotype portraying women with physical constraints as unproductive and unsuited for marriage, childcare, and housekeeping by presenting the disabled homemaker as being capable, especially when equipped with adequate aids, and deserving to have a family of their own. Furthermore, this article explains how and why the home economists did not undermine traditional gender roles.

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家庭援助：残疾脊髓灰质炎幸存者的家庭设计

本文研究了战后美国家政运动为因脊髓灰质炎病毒和其他导致类似障碍的原因造成身体残疾的女性开发和传播的家庭室内设计。它认为，家庭室内设计最大程度地提供了帮助，方便了残疾人的日常工作，尤其是家务劳动。本文表明，家庭经济学家通过以下方式促进了战后支持残疾人的努力：1) 除了设计个人家庭用品外，他们还开发了更有效的整体空间解决方案，2) 除了设计和教授身体技术来帮助残疾人在日常工作中残疾，他们通过具体地解决残疾问题来推进残疾的社会观念：通常通过利用社会手段（制度、财务和立法）来创造缓解身体限制影响的适应环境，3) 他们通过展示残疾家庭主妇是有能力的，特别是在配备足够的辅助设备时，并且应该拥有自己的家庭。此外，本文解释了家庭经济学家如何以及为什么没有破坏传统的性别角色。和家政服务，将残疾家庭主妇展示为有能力，尤其是在配备足够的辅助设备时，并且应该拥有自己的家庭。此外，本文解释了家庭经济学家如何以及为什么没有破坏传统的性别角色。和家政服务，将残疾家庭主妇展示为有能力，尤其是在配备足够的辅助设备时，并且应该拥有自己的家庭。此外，本文解释了家庭经济学家如何以及为什么没有破坏传统的性别角色。