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Aggrey E Onyango - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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The Disabled Persons and Urban Public Road Transport in Kenya: Challenges and Policy Perspectives
2004Co-Authors: Aggrey E OnyangoAbstract:This study is about the Disabled Persons and the challenges that they face in urban public urban road transport in Kenya. The study objectives were to identify problems and the modal type preferred by the Disabled person. In addition the study aimed to investigate the policy issues in the public urban road transport from the Disabled Persons own perspectives. The study used both primary and secondary data. Quantitative and qualitative data collection techniques were utilized in the study. The study found out that the Disabled Persons are not a homogenous group and they face different transport problems within the urban set up. The study recommends among others that the government and various stakeholders need to direct efforts towards the formulation and implementation of sound transport policies that take cognizance of the Disabled Persons. More studies need to be done on Persons with disabilities n various fields to fill the gap in literature.
Ibrahim Abdullahi - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Travel patterns and challenges of physically Disabled Persons in Nigeria
GeoJournal, 2016Co-Authors: Leonard Sitji Bombom, Ibrahim AbdullahiAbstract:The physically Disabled Persons represent a special group of the transportation disadvantaged who have suffered many deprivations. The study explores the travel patterns and some of the challenges being encountered by the physically Disabled in Jos, Nigeria. Using the questionnaire and focus group discussion methods, the study found that the respondents are of low social and economic statuses. Walking, with enormous time and energy costs, is the most common means of travel among the group. Commercial vehicle drivers apparently hardly attend to the transportation needs of the group even when they can afford the fare. The physically Disabled Persons view this “injustice” as a reflection of a whole gamut of perceived discriminatory policies of the “able” society to isolate and disempower them. There is therefore a deep-seated feeling of resentment among the physically Disabled towards society’s perceived apathy, marginalization and discrimination that manifest even in access to transportation. They believe that the social and physical environments are deliberately hostile to them. Any plans to alleviate the transportation problems of the Disabled and integrate them into the mainstream of the economic and social activities of the larger society should address, fundamentally, these perceived marginalization and injustices.
M.g. Jayne - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Requirements of electric vehicles for Disabled Persons
IEE Colloquium on New Developments in Electric Vehicles for Disabled Persons, 1995Co-Authors: M.g. JayneAbstract:Many Disabled Persons are totally dependent on electric vehicle systems for mobility within the home and for transport outside the home. The performance and reliability of these vehicles can have a very significant influence on the type of life and activity which Disabled Persons enjoy. The requirements of such vehicles can be varied and depends to a large extent on the disability of the potential user. Here, the author describes how certain requirements, however, which most vehicles would be expected to satisfy can be identified. >
Cao Hua - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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On the Psychological Problems of Disabled Persons
Journal of Beihua University, 2009Co-Authors: Cao HuaAbstract:To study the psychological problems of Disabled Persons is related to whether Disabled Persons can participate in social practice and enjoy the reform and opening achievement like normal Persons or not,and also reflect the society harmony,civilization and progress.In this article,first,a series of psychological questions of Disabled Persons have been analyzed;and then the cause of psychological problems has been deeply explained;finally,the way to solve the psychological problems of Disabled Persons has been proposed.
Furqan Ahmad Siddiqi - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Professional and personal attitude of physical therapy students towards Disabled Persons
Rawal Medical Journal, 2013Co-Authors: Ayesha Arooj, Arshad Nawaz Malik, Furqan Ahmad SiddiqiAbstract:Purpose of Study: In the past few years research work has been conducted on the attitude of health professionals towards the Disabled Persons. Unfortunately not much literature is available regarding the personal and professional attitude of allied health professional students towards the subject. The objective of the study was to observe the response of the final year physiotherapy students in Rawalpindi & Islamabad regarding their attitudes towards Disabled Persons. Methodology: A cross sectional survey was conducted, using purposive sampling among the students of final year in different colleges of Rawalpindi and Islamabad. The students comprised of 82 include 62 females and 20 males, age ranged from 20 to 25 (with a mean of 22.5) years. All the participants were almost four weeks from graduation. Attitude towards Disabled Person (ATDP) Scale (A and B) forms were filled by participants. Results: Mean personal score Attitude towards Disabled Person (ATDP-A) was 15.45 with a standard deviation of 10.29. Analysis of professional Attitude towards Disabled Person (ATDP-B) scores revealed a mean of 8.15 with a standard deviation of 12.21 (p= 0.0001, p < 0.05). So the alternative hypothesis is accepted stating that there is a difference in the personal and professional attitude of medical students toward Disabled Persons. Conclusion: It was, therefore, concluded that the mean personal ATDP-A score did differ significantly from the mean professional ATDP-B score showing that students of final year have a more positive personal attitude towards disability as compared to it professionally.
