{"197451":{"#nid":"197451","#data":{"type":"news","title":"CATEA Director Jon Sanford presents at the College of Architecture\u0027s Research Forum","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EOn Thursday February 8th, Jon Sanford presented at the College of Architecture\u0027s Research Forum.\u0026nbsp; He discussed \u0022Usable Space or Inclusive Places: Why the ADA Didn\u2019t Live Up to Its Promise and What is the Alternative\u0022. Sanford addresses that the ADA is driven by removing barriers to specific activities.\u0026nbsp; This is a great thing but the ADA needs to continue with the effort past activity into including participation of people with disabilities.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ESanford deduces that \u003Cem\u003EActivity\u003C\/em\u003E creates the outcome of Usable spaces and products but \u003Cem\u003EParticipation\u003C\/em\u003E leads to meaningful places.\u0026nbsp; These meaningful places create a sense of belonging and inclusion in addition to usability and independence.\u0026nbsp; Sanford proposes the idea that we should design for the \u003Cem\u003EActivity\u003C\/em\u003E and \u003Cem\u003EParticipation\u003C\/em\u003E instead of the ADA\u0027s current method of just focusing on \u003Cem\u003EActivity\u003C\/em\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe COA Research Forum provides an informal setting for the Georgia Tech community to learn about research within the College of Architecture. Forums are free and open to the public and participants are invited to explore ideas and identify opportunities for collaboration.\u0026nbsp; All talks are held in the Architecture Library from\u0026nbsp;11 a.m. to noon on the last Thursday of August through April. Talks are\u0026nbsp;30-to-45 minutes followed by questions and discussion.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EOn Thursday February 8th, Jon Sanford presented at the College of Architecture\u0027s Research Forum.\u0026nbsp; He discussed \u0022Usable Space or Inclusive Places: Why the ADA Didn\u2019t Live Up to Its Promise and What is the Alternative\u0022.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27384","created_gmt":"2013-03-06 16:21:01","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:13:48","author":"Summer Ienuso","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2013-03-06T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2013-03-06T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"197461":{"id":"197461","type":"image","title":"CATEA Director Jon Sanford presents at the College of Architecture\u0027s Research Forum","body":null,"created":"1449179918","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:58:38","changed":"1475894848","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:47:28","alt":"CATEA Director Jon Sanford presents at the College of Architecture\u0027s Research Forum","file":{"fid":"196460","name":"sanford_coa_forum.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/sanford_coa_forum_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/sanford_coa_forum_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":678513,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/sanford_coa_forum_0.jpg?itok=KNizUPe3"}}},"media_ids":["197461"],"related_files":{"248724":{"fid":null,"name":"game studies","file_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/gamestudies.png","file_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/gamestudies.png","mime":"image\/png","size":4543,"description":null}},"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.coa.gatech.edu\/","title":"Georgia Tech College of Architecture"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.catea.gatech.edu\/","title":"CATEA Home Page"}],"groups":[{"id":"1233","name":"CATEA - Center for Assistive Technology and Environmental Access"}],"categories":[{"id":"133","name":"Special Events and Guest Speakers"}],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:summer.ienuso@gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESummer Ienuso\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["summer.ienuso@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}