Ben Myers is a freshman studying computer science. Born with a rare birth defect called Moebius Syndrome, he has been teaching disability advocacy for seven years....
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The Disability Conversation | Ben Myers | TEDxOStateU
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A. Measuring Slope and Cross Slope
Surveying ramps, parking spaces, access aisles, door approaches and sidewalks will require you to determine if the slopes (i.e.: in the direction of travel) and cross slopes...
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Benchmark Human Services
Benchmark Human Services’ development began in 1957 when a community volunteer committee, which would ultimately become the United Way of Allen County (Indiana), launched a study about providing...
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Executive Summary
To develop a standard for surface roughness, a literature review on previous studies related to wheelchair vibrations as well as roughness measurement and analysis techniques was completed...
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Accessible Pathway & Corridor: Minimum Clear Floor Space Required for 360-degree Turn
Findings from the Anthropometry of Wheeled Mobility Study indicate that a square space of at least 160 x 160 cm (63 in.) was required for 50% of the manual wheelchair users measured in this...
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3.3.8 Knee Clearance Depth, minimum
None of the comparison studies used for this report provided anthropometric information about knee clearance depth....
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REDUCTION AND ANALYSIS OF DATA
In this study, we recognized ADAAG as rule and thus focused on evaluating select design guidelines contained in the AASHTO Guide, wherein discretion may be allowed by a designer....
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3.3.7 Toe Clearance Height, minimum
Our study suggests that the standards required in each of the countries, do not accommodate the vast majority of WhMD users, especially in the U.S....
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Accessible Pathway & Corridor: Minimum Clear Width Required for 90-degree Turn
Findings from the Anthropometry of Wheeled Mobility Study indicate that a width of at least 85 cm (33 in.) was required for 50% of the manual and power wheelchair users measured in this...
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1. Background
A study has shown that people in Pittsburgh who use power WCs as their primary mode of transportation will travel 1.6 km on a normal day....
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F226.1 General
Five percent, but not less than one, of permanently installed work surfaces in each work area must be accessible....
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Design Criteria for the Transfer Station
A custom-built modular transfer station was designed and fabricated to meet the study goals....
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3.3.13 360-Degree Turn
The 360-degree turning diameter would have to be increased to 2500 mm (a little over 98 in.) to accommodate our entire study sample....
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Robert Dupuy, IALD, LC. Problems and Solutions
Criteria I think, first off, a little-known fact about the lighting levels that all of us use daily to do our work and that we also find in lighting codes is that they were based on a study...
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John Brabyn, Ph.D., Director of Rehabilitation Engineering Research, Center on Low Vision and Blindness (NIDRR), Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute
Description of Smith-Kettlewell Institute (SKI) Study Study Goals (slide 10) To assess vision function comprehensively in an older population To explore relationships...
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Measuring Techniques
Faro Arm probe might be able to access some critical body areas difficult to reach in seated subjects....
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§104.44(d)(2)
Recipients need not provide attendants, individually prescribed devices, readers for personal use or study, or other devices or services of a personal nature....
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Expert opinion on current literature
There is a consensus among studies that transferring to a higher surface implies greater exertion of the upper limb (3-6) . ...
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M303.2.3 Wheelchair Spaces / Depth of Wheelchair Spaces for front or Rear Entry
This platform dimension is consistent with the recommendations of the IDeA Center Study recommendations for a minimum flat surface of 40 inches length for platforms accommodating wheeled...
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Introduction
In July 2008, the Smithsonian Institution Accessibility Program, the National Center on Accessibility, and the National Park Service collaborated on a daylong focus group study to learn...
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Accessible Pathway & Corridor: Minimum Clear Width Required for 180-degree Turn
Findings from the Anthropometry of Wheeled Mobility Study indicate that a width of at least 130 cm (51 in.) was required for 50% of the manual wheelchair users measured in this study to...
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Accessible Pathway & Corridor: Minimum Clear Width Required for 180-degree Turn Around Barrier
Findings from the Anthropometry of Wheeled Mobility Study indicate that a uniform width of at least 89.5 cm (35 in.) was required for 50% of the manual and power wheelchair users measured...
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3.3.11 180-Degree Turn
in our sample was smaller than the UDI findings (Figure 3‒10), but our 95th percentile values for power chair and scooters users were larger than the maximum values obtained in the UDI study...
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Recommendations for Future Research
Due to the small and diverse group of subjects, additional research involving persons who are ambulatory with limited mobility would need to be conducted to validate the results of this study...
