Lighting Technology Supporting Social Welfare(<Special Issue>Lighting Technology Supporting Social Welfare)

Abstract

As an outline of describing lighting technology that supports social welfare, current movements on universal design, accessible design and so on were mentioned together with the social needs for taking care for them, and pointed out the needs for lighting technology for older persons and person with disabilities. It was also pointed out that survey on the needs of older persons and persons with disabilities as well as the human data of those persons are necessary to make this field progressed in the near future.