wheelchair guidelines development process. wheelchair or chair with wheels?
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Wheelchair Guidelines
Development Process
Wheelchair
or Chair with wheels?
Need
• It is estimated that 1% of the total population (about 70 million) need a wheelchair.
• In poor countries, only 5% of people who are in need can get wheelchairs fitted
Wheelchair makes a difference
• Isolation to Inclusion • Dependency to
Freedom• Passive Receiver to
Active Contributor• Children can go to
school and adults can work
• Live longer & healthier
Rights to wheelchair• The Convention suggests that
states have the obligation to take effective measures to ensure personal mobility. (Article 20)
• Assistive devices makes it possible to access basic needs such as health care, education, livelihood and promotes inclusion and participation.
Some of the people behind the success
• Had series of meetings starting from April 2005 at Copenhagen, Bristol and Geneva
• Developed the 1st draft and presented on 30th August 2006
Copenhagen
Bristol Geneva
Wheelchair Consensus Conference
6-11 November 2006, Bangalore - India
Wheelchair Consensus Conference
6-11 November 2006, Bangalore - India
2nd draft of the wheelchair guidelines was presented and got validated
Wheelchair Guidelines
5 Chapters:1. Introduction2. Design & Production3. Service delivery4. Training5. Policy & Planning
1. Introduction
• Defines an appropriate wheelchair
• Points out the needs for and rights to wheelchairs
• Describes basic types of wheelchair and common systems of wheelchair provision;
2. Design & Production
• Outlines methods for designing wheelchairs
• Describes different types of wheelchair
• Sets out the advantages and disadvantages of
different wheelchair designs
3. Service Delivery
• Suggest strategies for wheelchair service delivery
• Describe basic wheelchair service delivery
• Provide practice guidelines
• Suggest roles for the personnel involved
4. Training
• Offer recommendations on how training programs may be provided
• Suggest training requirements and recommend course content for personnel involved in wheelchair provision
5. Policy & Planning
… to implement sustainable wheelchair provision
• Present key activities for the planning and implementation of wheelchair provision
• Suggest strategies for costing and financing wheelchair provision
• Suggest links between wheelchair services and other sectors.
Thank you
• US Agency for International Development (USAID)• International Society for Prosthetics and Orthotics
(ISPO)• Disabled Peoples’ International (DPI)• Centre for International Rehabilitation (CIR)• Motivation Charitable Trust • Whirlwind Wheelchair International• Special thanks to all who helped to develop this
document and helping in its dissemination…….Photo credits: Motivation and WHO
http://www.who.int/disabilities/publications/technology/wheelchairguidelines/en/index.html