Three new instruments were developed that measure the degree to which an environment supports or hinders use by people with disabilities. Reliability and validity of these measures was tested through a series of experiments. The three measures proved to be reliable and valid in terms of both construct validity and cross validity with an established measures of human performance. They can be used to study usability of both environments and products.
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