When Communication Failure Contributes to an Injury: A case study of para-transportation for wheelchair users

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ilene B. Zackowitz ◽  
Alison G. Vredenburgh
Keyword(s):  
Communication Failure ◽  
Wheelchair Users

When Communication Failure Contributes to an Injury: A Case Study of Para-Transportation for Wheelchair Users

2007 ◽  
Vol 51 (9) ◽  
pp. 559-563
Author(s):  
Ilene B. Zackowitz ◽  
Alison G. Vredenburgh
Keyword(s):  
Elderly Woman ◽  
Safety System ◽  
Transportation Safety ◽  
Compound Fracture ◽  
Communication Failure ◽  
Driver Training ◽  
Wheelchair Users ◽  
Domain Experts ◽  
Transportation Service

Our firm was retained to investigate an injury sustained by an elderly woman who was confined to a wheelchair at the time of the incident. The woman was utilizing a public para-transportation service for people with disabilities when the van she was riding stopped short. As a result, she slid out of her wheelchair and suffered a compound fracture of the leg. This case went to trial with the seatbelt manufacturer and transportation entity as defendants. Looking beyond the obvious issues of seatbelt failure and driver training, this paper will examine communication as a necessary part of the safety system. Communication involves the sharing of information in a complex system where users are not domain experts. In this case, communication as part of a public para-transportation safety system is evaluated.

User Attitudes Towards Wheelchairs: A Mexican Case Study with Special Focus on Vulnerable Wheelchair Users and Wheelchair Assistants

2019 ◽  
pp. 282-291
Author(s):  
Paulina Manzano-Hernandez ◽  
Maria Giovanna Trotta ◽  
Carlos Aceves-Gonzalez ◽  
Alberto Rossa-Sierra ◽  
Fabiola Cortes-Chavez
Keyword(s):  
Special Focus ◽  
Wheelchair Users ◽  
User Attitudes

scholarly journals RAILWAY SYSTEM ACCESSIBILITY EVALUATION FOR WHEELCHAIR USERS: CASE STUDY IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC

Transport ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 32-43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jaroslav Matuška
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Rail Transportation ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Wheelchair Users ◽  
Accessibility Evaluation ◽  
Train Services ◽  
Weak Points ◽  
Railway System ◽  
Barrier Free

This paper deals with accessibility of rail transportation as a system. Presented methods bring ways of rail infrastructure and train accessibility evaluation. Applied two-stage model enables evaluation of departure halls accessibility. The level of train accessibility is defined by coefficients of time and direction non-uniformity. While opportunities for barrier-free travelling are relatively balanced in monitored regions, coefficients show a time imbalance in the results. Opportunity to travel barrier-free (according to the non-uniformity coefficients) shows that there are fluctuations at weekends and on weekdays. These are not of crucial importance. However, the train services are barrier-free particularly for travelling on long distances, whilst suburban and regional ones are still mostly inaccessible for wheelchairs, which is not very favourable. Since 2010 the accessibility level has improved in this area in the Czech Republic. Comparison with neighbouring countries showed strong and weak points of guaranteed barrier-free services in each country.

Patterns of community participation across the seasons: A year-long case study of three Canadian wheelchair users

2017 ◽  
Vol 40 (6) ◽  
pp. 722-731 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacquie Ripat ◽  
Jaimie F. Borisoff ◽  
Lea E. Grant ◽  
Franco H. N. Chan
Keyword(s):  
Community Participation ◽  
Wheelchair Users

scholarly journals A best space for assisted wheelchair users

2016 ◽  
Vol 80 (3) ◽  
pp. 163-172 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brian Abraham ◽  
Rob I Davidson
Keyword(s):  
Tool Use ◽  
Occupational Therapists ◽  
Wheelchair Users ◽  
Confined Spaces ◽  
Highest Weight ◽  
Practice Assistant ◽  
Percentage Weight ◽  
Manual Handling ◽  
Set Up

Introduction Occupational therapists lack manual-handling sensitive tools to assist individual adaptation specifications for assisted wheelchair users, for example, corridor-room turns for extra-long wheelchairs. Method Engineering-based methods identified an experimental set-up. This provided a useful representation of possible manoeuvres in five tasks and proposed a turn difficulty order. Experienced wheelchair assistants ( n = 22) selected their maximum comfortable wheelchair weight for each turn. Results Some participants (3/22) were insensitive to turning-space but all other participants (19/22) chose their lowest maximum comfortable weight for the tightest turning-space and 17/19 chose their highest weights for space permitting a slow turn. Mean percentage weight increased by 30% from tight to slow turning-space. Results are statistically significant and clinically important. Experimental set-up was similar to assisting in confined spaces; participants were experienced in working in spacious environments and had recent manual-handling training so results are supported by good manual-handling practice. Assistant-size impact on easiest (highest weight) turning-space is small. Results are applicable to all floor coverings and wheelchair sizes but not to self-propelling wheelchair users. Results are incorporated into a tool, demonstrated by case study. Conclusion Tool-use specifies a best adaptation.

scholarly journals The Effect of Universal Design of Campus Facilities for Person with Disabilities (Case Study: Universitas Mercu Buana, Jakarta and University of Daegu, South Korea)

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rachmita Maun Harahap ◽  
Imam Santosa ◽  
Widjaja Martokusumo
Keyword(s):  
South Korea ◽  
Interior Design ◽  
Universal Design ◽  
Main Task ◽  
Commercial Building ◽  
Wheelchair Users ◽  
Two Factors ◽  
Education Activity ◽  
Two Parameters

Interiority is not just the science of interior design that meets the needs of function and aesthetics alone. Both of these are indeed the main 'task' in interior design. Each building is design and built to fulfill certain functions. Hotels, apartments, and houses for example, serves as a means of accommodation. Restaurant serves as a commercial building that meets the needs of food. A public building should be accessible and used by a variety of different needs. These buildings must be accessible to those who can see or not (blinds), walkers and wheelchair users, and those who are able to listen or not (deaf/hard of hearing). This paper is study of application of universal design that is accessible of campus buildings that function as container of Tri Dharma of Higher Education activity. The case studies taken in this research are Universitas Mercu Buana in West Jakarta and University of Daegu in South Korea. The study was conducted by studying the universal design of the two universities by considering two parameters, namely universal design and usability, by conducting literature studies and user interviews. From the results of the study it is found that universities in Daegu have made universal design and usability factors an important part of design, while Universitas Mercu Buana in West Jakarta hasn’t yet fully made these two factors as part of the design, with many facilities not being able to accessed and used universally well.

scholarly journals Diagnosis and proposals for tables adapted to wheelchair users: a case study on usability in a childhood and teenage care institution

2015 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 84-94
Author(s):  
Juliana Maria Moreira Soares ◽  
Andrea Regina Martins Fontes ◽  
Cleyton Fernandes Ferrarini ◽  
Miguel Ángel Aires Borrás
Keyword(s):  
Wheelchair Users ◽  
Care Institution

A smart mass customization design tool: a case study of a portable ramp for wheelchair users

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 723-737 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elvan Doğan Kumtepe ◽  
Ahmet Nuri Başoğlu ◽  
Eda Corbacioglu ◽  
Tugrul Unsal Daim ◽  
Amir Shaygan
Keyword(s):  
Mass Customization ◽  
Design Tool ◽  
Wheelchair Users
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