Impact of Curb Ramps on the Safety of Persons who are Blind-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Impact of Curb Ramps on the Safety of Persons who are Blind

Published:1995-07 Issue:4 Volume:89 Page:319-328
ISSN:0145-482X
Container-title:Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness
language:en
Short-container-title:Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness

Author:

Bentzen B.L.¹,Barlow J.M.²

Affiliation:

1. Department of Psychology, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA 02167-3807;

2. Center for the Visually Impaired, 763 Peachtree Street, N.E., Atlanta, GA 30308.

Abstract

Curb ramps, which are necessary to enable some persons with physical disabilities to negotiate street crossings, appear to put persons with visual impairments at risk. In 39 percent of 557 approaches to unfamiliar streets via curb ramps, persons who travel using a long cane were unable to detect the streets and to stop before entering them. Street detection was highly associated with the angle of the slope, the abruptness of the change from the approaching sidewalk to the curb ramp, and the location of curb ramps.

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Subject

Rehabilitation,Ophthalmology

Link

http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0145482X9508900404

Reference9 articles.

1. Americans with Disabilities Act Accessibility Guidelines (ADAAG): Detectable Warnings (Federal Register, 1994, April 12). Joint Final Rule, pp. 17442–17447. Washington, DC: Architectural & Transportation Barriers Compliance Board and the Department of Education.

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