Sustainable wheelchair provision.

Gowran, Rosemary; Murray, Elaine; Sund, Terje; McKay, Elizabeth Anne; O'Regan, Bernadette

Abstract

This session is to heighten awareness, generate debate, facilitate dialogue, reflect and review current practices and unite as a community of people with a common goal to build a system for sustainable wheelchair provision within their own country. Main contents of paper: The focus is to introduce the concept of sustainable development and its relationship with wheelchair provision. Results: The outcomes of a doctoral thesis utilising this concept, giving consideration to the importance of context, understanding stakeholder perspectives and collaboration to create a strategy for sustainable wheelchair provision is presented. Conclusions: The importance of developing an open understanding of the essential and central role wheelchair provision plays in meeting basic human rights is identified. Setting up positive lines of communication using a common language between all those involved is required to develop a holistic and committed approach for good practice. Identified mandatory policies relating social responsibility, the environment and economic efficiencies is essential.

• Presentation Conference Type: Conference Paper (published)
• Conference Name: Association of Advancement of Assistive Technology in Europe
• Start Date: Aug 31, 2011
• End Date: Sep 2, 2011
• Acceptance Date: Mar 1, 2011
• Online Publication Date: Mar 1, 2011
• Publication Date: 2011-01
• Deposit Date: Mar 16, 2018
• Journal: Assistive Technology Research Series
• Print ISSN: 1383-813X
• Electronic ISSN: 1879-8071
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 29
• Series Title: Assistive Technology Research Series
• Series ISSN: 1383-813X
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.3233/978-1-60750-814-4-1241
• Keywords: Sustainability, wheelchair provision, human rights, soft systems,
• Public URL: http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/1114447