Citation

Wong S. Health Place 2017; 49: 85-92.

Affiliation

Department of Environmental Medicine&Public Health, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, 17 E. 102nd Street, CAM Building, 3 West, One Gustave L. Levy Place, Box 1057, New York, NY 10029, United States. Electronic address: sandy.wong@mssm.edu.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2017, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.healthplace.2017.11.009

PMID

29227886

Abstract

This paper draws from Hägerstrand's space-time framework to generate new insights on the everyday mobilities of individuals with visual impairments in the San Francisco Bay Area. While existing research on visual impairment and mobility emphasizes individual physical limitations resulting from vision loss or inaccessible public spaces, this article highlights and bridges both the behavioral and social processes that influence individual mobility. A qualitative analysis of sit-down and mobile interview data reveals that the space-time constraints of people with visual impairments are closely linked to their access to transportation, assistive technologies, and mobile devices. The findings deepen our understandings of the relationship between health and mobility, and present intervention opportunities for improving the quality of life for people with visual impairment.

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Language: en

Keywords

Accessibility; Mobility; Space-time; Transportation; Visual impairment