The
most important problem experinced by visually impaired individuals is
inadequacy of opportunities and inequality of opportunities with other people.
The yellow striped pavement was made to help distance-place-direction sense
while walking, to meet the needs of constant self-awareness to remove a
possible accident situation has a very important place for the visually
impaired. Our aim is to investigate the usability of yellow striped pavements
applied to the sides of the road by visually impaired people in Hatay. A total
of 25 visually impaired individuals, 8 women and 17 men, were included in the
study. A self-reported questionnaire was applied.
The
frequency of using yellow striped pavements was found, as using permanently 28
%, using partially 36%, using difficulty 4%, and never using 32%. Individuals
who were found that defined the yellow striped pavements as useful 48%, the
partially useful 20% and undecided as 32%. The sufficiency of yellow striped
pavements in Hatay was defined as 20% adequate, 52% undecided and 28%
insufficient. There was a significant difference between using the yellow
stripped pavements and helpfulness in walking independently in the street
(p<0.005).
The
fact that the majority of the subjects thought undecided insufficiency of the
yellow striped pavements and individuals participated study generally go out
with an assistant showed us these striped pavements are not enough.
Participants stated that the strips laid on the sidewalks were not felt with
the white cane and the strips were too wide and did not serve safe walking.
The
bad proper design of the pavements, the failure to obey the law, the
desensitization of the society constitutes a bigger obstacle for the people
with handicapped.
Primary Language | English |
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Subjects | Sociology (Other) |
Journal Section | Articles |
Authors | |
Publication Date | December 24, 2018 |
Submission Date | October 31, 2018 |
Acceptance Date | December 20, 2018 |
Published in Issue | Year 2018 |