TY - GEN
T1 - Sustainable wheelchair provision
AU - Gowran, Rosemary J.
AU - Murray, Elaine
AU - Sund, Terje
AU - Steel, Emily
AU - McKay, Elizabeth
AU - O'Regan, Bernadette
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - Objective: 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.
AB - Objective: 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.
KW - human rights
KW - soft systems approach
KW - sustainability
KW - wheelchair provision
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84865507766&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3233/978-1-60750-814-4-1241
DO - 10.3233/978-1-60750-814-4-1241
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84865507766
SN - 9781607508137
T3 - Assistive Technology Research Series
SP - 1241
EP - 1250
BT - Everyday Technology for Independence and Care. AAATE 2011
ER -