Off to the park: a geospatial investigation of adapted ride-on car usage.
Adapted ride-on cars (ROC) are an affordable, power mobility training tool for young children with disabilities. Previous qualitative research has identified environmental factors, such as weather and adequate drive space, as barriers to families' adoption of their ROC. However, we do not currently...
| Publicado en: | Disability & Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology Vol. 19; no. 5; pp. 1890 - 1899 |
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| Formato: | glossary pictorial research tables/charts Journal Article |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Jul2024
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=178232876&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 178232876 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 17483107 1X04 jtl: Disability & Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology issn: 17483107 maglogo: Y pubinfo: dt: Jul2024 vid: 19 iid: 5 pid: 377 pub: Taylor & Francis Ltd place: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania artinfo: ui: 178232876 171807038 178232876 178232876 10.1080/17483107.2023.2248218 178232876 ppf: 1890 ppct: 9 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: P tig: atl: Off to the park: a geospatial investigation of adapted ride-on car usage. aug: au: Hoffman, Mia E. Steele, Katherine M. Froehlich, Jon E. Winfree, Kyle N. Feldner, Heather A. affil: Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA sug: subj: Children with Disabilities Play and Playthings Assistive Technology Global Positioning System Human Male Female Child, Preschool Descriptive Statistics Ambulation Aids Geographic Information Systems Wilcoxon Rank Sum Test Equipment Design Equipment Reliability Funding Source Child, Preschool: 2-5 years Male Female ab: Adapted ride-on cars (ROC) are an affordable, power mobility training tool for young children with disabilities. Previous qualitative research has identified environmental factors, such as weather and adequate drive space, as barriers to families' adoption of their ROC. However, we do not currently know the relationship between the built environment and ROC usage. In our current study, we quantified the driving patterns of 14 children (2.5 ± 1.45 years old, 8 male: 6 female) using ROCs outside and inside of their homes over the course of a year using a custom datalogger and geospatial data. To measure environmental accessibility, we used the AccessScore from Project Sidewalk, an open-source accessibility mapping initiative, and the Walk Score, a measure of neighborhood pedestrian-friendliness. The number of play sessions with the ROC ranged from 1 to 76; 4 participants used it less than 10 times and 4 participants used it more than 50 times. Our findings indicate that more play sessions took place indoors, within the participants' homes. However, when the ROC was used outside the home, children engaged in longer play sessions, actively drove for a larger portion of the session, and covered greater distances. Most children tended to drive their ROCs in close proximity to their homes, with an average maximum distance from home of 181 meters. Most notably, we found that children drove more in pedestrian-friendly neighborhoods and when in proximity to accessible paths. The accessibility of the built environment is paramount when providing any form of mobility device to a child. Providing an accessible place for a child to move, play, and explore is critical in helping a child and family adopt the mobility device into their daily life. Ride-on cars provided a novel means for young children with disabilities to explore their home and community environments. Children drove their adapted ride-on cars for longer periods of time outside than inside, and in close proximity to their homes. The identification of an accessible route increased driving frequency and drive session duration. Recommending accessible routes and play locations where families can use their adapted ride-on car may be an important aspect of increasing mobility technology use. Because there were a higher number of play sessions inside, it is important to consider indoor accessibility when designing and implementing mobility technology for young children. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: glossary pictorial research tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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