This study focusses on the role of civic architecture in the social inclusion of people with psychosocial disabilities. The term ‘civic architecture’ refers to buildings and public spaces that are designed to serve city, citizenship or community affairs including democratic processes (elections, voting, representation), community activity (volunteering, campaigning, public leisure such as libraries) and bureaucracies (registrations, permit processes, housing) (Garrity, 2006). As such, civic architecture can form an important function in making participation in civic processes more possible for people with disabilities, and in so doing support social inclusion.
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