Service Learning on Inclusive Design: Sidewalk Redesign for Siwalankerto, Surabaya, Indonesia

Public facilities and transportation infrastructure were very important for all residents including Persons with Disabilities (PwDs). Sidewalk should be safe and easy to use for all kind of users, ranging from the elderly, children, and the PwDs including wheelchair users, visual impairment, low vision disability, etc. The sidewalk should be safe, which means it should be inclusive yet also meets the standards. The Service Learning and research program in Petra Christian University’s Architecture Program was conducted with literature study, observation, discussion and interviews with users at Siwalankerto street’s sidewalks. The design would be implemented in Petra's area in the following year.

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Service Learning on Inclusive Design: Adaptive Home for Wheelchair-Using Persons with Disabilities

SHS Web of Conferences ◽

10.1051/shsconf/20185901012 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 59 ◽

pp. 01012

Author(s):

Gunawan Tanuwidjaja ◽

Felicia Lisandra ◽

Agnes Magdalena ◽

Josephin Martina Negara ◽

Arina Hayati

Keyword(s):

Service Learning ◽

Participatory Design ◽

Universal Design ◽

Role Play ◽

Inclusive Design ◽

Learning Program ◽

Persons With Disabilities ◽

Housing Service ◽

Wheelchair Users ◽

Key Points

More than 1 000 000 000 people in the world live with disabilities, and 200 000 000 among them experience heavy functioning difficulties. Persons with Disabilities (PwDs) usually have limited economic participation, faced poverty and limited access to housing. Service Learning Program in Architecture Department (Inclusive Design Course) was created to answer the Persons with Disabilities (PwDs) needs. The course was supported by UBCHEA (https://unitedboard.org/) for the program of Service Learning of Inclusive Design for Homes and Schools in Surabaya and Bandung: Participatory Design and Campaign. It started with accessibility evaluation at PwDs’ residences (wheelchair users) in Surabaya. Simulation as PwDs in Petra Campus was also conducted to create empathy to wheelchair users. Later on, an inclusive-and-universal design was proposed. Three participatory workshops in Surabaya and Bandung were conducted to review it. The new design was produced to cater the wheelchair users. In conclusion, role play and participatory design process was the important key points of the program’s success.

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Inclusion by Design: A 75-Minute Crash Course on Accessible Design

Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting ◽

10.1177/1071181320641193 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 64 (1) ◽

pp. 831-835

Author(s):

Julian Brinkley ◽

Earl W. Huff

Keyword(s):

Problem Solving ◽

Learning Styles ◽

Visually Impaired ◽

Design Thinking ◽

Inclusive Design ◽

Graduate Course ◽

Persons With Disabilities ◽

Creative Problem ◽

Community Of Researchers ◽

Minute Session

The community of researchers supporting instruction on design thinking has a significant body of materials to help students understand and master the process of creative problem solving in design. Missing, we argue are materials and processes which directly support the design of inclusive technologies for persons with disabilities. We present ‘Inclusion by Design’, an interactive and participative crash course designed to introduce students to techniques that may be useful in an inclusive design process. In a single 75-minute session, students explore the inclusive design of a transportation technology for a visually impaired persona. We report on our findings from a single pilot of the crash course involving six diverse students within a graduate course on Inclusive Design. Our findings suggest that the course may be effective in introducing techniques like storyboarding, scenario creation, and low fidelity prototyping to students using an approach that may be effective for various learning styles.

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A Survey of Robots in Healthcare

Technologies ◽

10.3390/technologies9010008 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 9 (1) ◽

pp. 8 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Maria Kyrarini ◽

Fotios Lygerakis ◽

Akilesh Rajavenkatanarayanan ◽

Christos Sevastopoulos ◽

Harish Ram Nambiappan ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Artificial Intelligence ◽

State Of The Art ◽

The Elderly ◽

Robotic Systems ◽

Care Hospital ◽

Robotic Technology ◽

Persons With Disabilities ◽

Survey Paper ◽

Recent Advances ◽

Art Research

In recent years, with the current advancements in Robotics and Artificial Intelligence (AI), robots have the potential to support the field of healthcare. Robotic systems are often introduced in the care of the elderly, children, and persons with disabilities, in hospitals, in rehabilitation and walking assistance, and other healthcare situations. In this survey paper, the recent advances in robotic technology applied in the healthcare domain are discussed. The paper provides detailed information about state-of-the-art research in care, hospital, assistive, rehabilitation, and walking assisting robots. The paper also discusses the open challenges healthcare robots face to be integrated into our society.

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Wheelchair users, access and exclusion in South African higher education

African Journal of Disability ◽

10.4102/ajod.v6i0.353 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 6 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Desire Chiwandire ◽

Louise Vincent

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

Students With Disabilities ◽

South African ◽

Ad Hoc ◽

Persons With Disabilities ◽

Wheelchair Users ◽

Staff Members ◽

Leading Role ◽

South African Universities ◽

The Right

Background: South Africa’s Constitution guarantees everyone, including persons with disabilities, the right to education. A variety of laws are in place obliging higher education institutions to provide appropriate physical access to education sites for all. In practice, however, many buildings remain inaccessible to people with physical disabilities.Objectives: To describe what measures South African universities are taking to make their built environments more accessible to students with diverse types of disabilities, and to assess the adequacy of such measures.Method: We conducted semi-structured in-depth face-to-face interviews with disability unit staff members (DUSMs) based at 10 different public universities in South Africa.Results: Challenges with promoting higher education accessibility for wheelchair users include the preservation and heritage justification for failing to modify older buildings, ad hoc approaches to creating accessible environments and failure to address access to toilets, libraries and transport facilities for wheelchair users.Conclusion: South African universities are still not places where all students are equally able to integrate socially. DUSMs know what ought to be done to make campuses more accessible and welcoming to students with disabilities and should be empowered to play a leading role in sensitising non-disabled members of universities, to create greater awareness of, and appreciation for, the multiple ways in which wheelchair user students continue to be excluded from full participation in university life. South African universities need to adopt a systemic approach to inclusion, which fosters an understanding of inclusion as a fundamental right rather than as a luxury.

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Service Learning Collaborations: A Formula for Reciprocity

Families in Society The Journal of Contemporary Social Services ◽

10.1606/1044-3894.3970 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 91 (2) ◽

pp. 127-134 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Laura A. Lowe ◽

Victoria L. Medina

Keyword(s):

Service Learning ◽

Professional Growth ◽

Learning Experience ◽

Death And Dying ◽

The Elderly ◽

Mixed Methodology ◽

Educational Institutions

Service learning offers opportunities for both educational institutions and the community. To demonstrate the possibilities this pedagogy can offer, this article discusses a service learning experience partnering students with a hospice agency. Using mixed methodology, impact on students, patients, and staff are examined. Results indicate that students improved their attitudes toward the elderly, and death and dying; they also believed the experience caused personal and professional growth. Interviews with patients highlighted the importance of relationships and recognition, and staff identified benefits to students, patients, and the hospice agency. The conclusion is made that service learning is best perceived in a light of reciprocity and that this method of engagement offers opportunities for educators and practitioners. Finally, some tips are given for practitioners interested in developing such collaborations.

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Videogames as Therapy

International Journal of Privacy and Health Information Management ◽

10.4018/ijphim.2017070105 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 5 (2) ◽

pp. 71-96 ◽

Cited By ~ 13

Author(s):

Mark D. Griffiths ◽

Daria J. Kuss ◽

Angelica B. Ortiz de Gortari

Keyword(s):

Cognitive Rehabilitation ◽

Brain Injuries ◽

Real Life ◽

The Elderly ◽

Learning Disabled ◽

Wheelchair Users ◽

Symptoms Of Depression ◽

Therapeutic Benefits ◽

Life Challenges ◽

History Of

There is a long history of using videogames in a therapeutic capacity including rehabilitation for stroke patients, people with traumatic brain injuries, burns victims, wheelchair users, Erb's palsy sufferers, children undergoing chemotherapy, children with muscular dystrophy, autistic children and individuals looking to overcome real-life challenges (including symptoms of depression) and boost their wellbeing (including boosting life satisfaction, self-efficacy and social support). This paper briefly and selectively examines a number of areas including: (1) videogames as physiotherapy and occupational therapy, (2) videogames as distractors in the role of pain management, (3) videogames and cognitive rehabilitation, (4) videogames and the development of social and communication skills among the learning disabled, (5) videogames and impulsivity/attention deficit disorders, (6) videogames and therapeutic benefits in the elderly, (7) videogames in psychotherapeutic settings, (8) videogames and health care, (9) videogames and anxiety disorders, and (10) videogames and psychological wellbeing. It is concluded that there has been considerable success when games are specifically designed to address a specific problem or to teach a certain skill. However, generalizability outside the game-playing situation remains an important consideration.

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SPECIFICS OF THE CRISIS OF ADOLESCENCE PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES OF INTELLECTUAL DEVELOPMENT

Scientific Notes of Ostroh Academy National University: Psychology Series ◽

10.25264/2415-7384-2021-13-30-38 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 1 (13) ◽

pp. 30-38

Author(s):

Olha A. Vovchenko

Keyword(s):

Intellectual Disabilities ◽

Intellectual Development ◽

Interpersonal Relations ◽

Psychological Testing ◽

The Elderly ◽

Emotional Awareness ◽

Testing Procedure ◽

Persons With Disabilities ◽

Self Image ◽

People With Intellectual Disabilities

The article outlines the psychological features of the age period, which is determined by the scientific category as an “adolescent crisis”. The problem of the adolescent crisis has been revealed in people with intellectual disabilities. The importance and relevance of the study is revealed first, due to the difficulties of adolescence: its dynamism, ambiguity, lack of emotional stability of the individual; secondly, due to the specifics of personality formation with intellectual disabilities; thirdly, the need to further develop effective psychological support for adolescents with intellectual disabilities. The aim of the article was to study and experimentally test the specifics of the emotional crisis of adolescence in people with intellectual disabilities. The purpose was provided by solving the following tasks: stating the peculiarities of the adolescent crisis in people with intellectual disabilities; determining the state of formation of “I-concept” and “self-image” of adolescents with intellectual disabilities; establishing the specifics of behavioral reactions and interaction of the adolescent with others (peers, the elderly) in conditions of experiencing an age crisis. Moreover, the author conducted a psychological testing procedure to study the peculiarities of the formation of the personality of a teenager with intellectual disabilities during the age crisis (adolescent crisis). M. Kuhn’s psychological testing method “Who am I?”, T. Leary’s method of diagnostics of interpersonal relations were used; conversations, observations. The purpose of using these techniques was to determine the self-image, self-presentation, self-perception and self-esteem of adolescents with intellectual disabilities. According to the results of the study, it was found that adolescents with intellectual disabilities have a process of self-knowledge and understanding of their own “I”, internal mental acts and states are underdeveloped or absent. This complicates the process of experiencing an adolescent’s crisis. As evidenced by the low level of recognition and differentiation of emotions, emotional awareness, management of their own emotions. Also critical are difficulties with the adequate expression of emotions in accordance with the situation that determines them, in particular with the manifestation and control of anger, rage, aggression and other. The further directions of research of formation of the person with infringements of intellectual development in adolescent age are outlined.

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Perang Semesta (Total War) Strategy for Preventing Terrorism Act (Study in Sultan Hasanuddin International Airport)

10.31235/osf.io/g3sau ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

La Ode M. Hasyim ◽

Lukman Yudho Prakoso ◽

Helda Risman

Keyword(s):

National Security ◽

Research Method ◽

National Defense ◽

Literature Study ◽

Total War ◽

Public Facilities ◽

International Airport ◽

South Sulawesi ◽

Intelligence Operations ◽

The Military

Total war is involving all national components such as citizens, territories and national resources in order to defend territorial integrity, sovereignty, and national security from any threats. One of these threats is the act of terrorism which endangers the unity, sovereignty and security of the nation. Acts of terrorism are carried out to create a terror with ideological, political and religious motives and are carried out in vital objects of the state, the environment, and public facilities. One of the vital objects of a country that is prone to acts of terrorism is an airport, which is a place for various activities such as the movement of aircraft, people and goods. Moreover, an airport is a very important infrastructure in supporting the national defense. In this study, the researcher took Sultan Hasanuddin International Airport, Makassar, as the research site considering that several large cases of terrorism and radicalism have occurred in the South Sulawesi region. The objective of this study is to analyze the total war strategy carried out in the Sultan Hasanuddin Airport area as an effort to prevent acts of terrorism at the airport as a vital national object. The research method used is qualitative. The data have been collected from interviews, observations and literature study. The results of this research are in preventing terrorism, a total war strategy that is implemented has three components, including the ‘ends,’ which could prevent the acts of terrorism in Sultan Hasanuddin Airport and strengthen the national defense. The ‘means’ which is manifested in all national components, both government and private agencies, military, police and civil society, as well as facilities and infrastructure. The ‘ways’ which is the intelligence operations, strengthening cooperation between the military and civilians, strengthening synergy between ministries / agencies, training, counseling, completing security tools to prevent acts of terrorism.

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