A Barrier-free Experience and Investigation in Some Towns from the Viewpoint of Wheelchair Experience
抄録
A citizen organization of "DansaNax-Nagasaki" was formed as a part of welfare community planning by the disabled persons, university students and the authors two years ago. In this activity the authors obtained an opportunity in which investigated the barrier-free conditions in two areas using a wheelchair and assisted a wheelchair user in a car and a hospital. The former was carried out at JR Nagasaki Station and Kunimi Town in Nagasaki Prefecture, and the latter, between Seihi Town in Nagasaki Prefecture and Kurume City in Fukuoka Prefecture. As a result of this investigation, it can be concluded that although being improved for barrier-free in facilities of Nagasaki Station, Kunimi Town and Kurume City there should yet be a lot of barriers made free. The assistance for a wheelchair user also gave the authors good experiences from which cares should be necessary for the disabled not only physically but mentally.