Wheelchair users’ perspectives on barriers in public spaces in Vienna: implications for the development of a barrier information system / Barrieren aus der Sicht von Rollstuhlnutzern/-innen im öffentlichen Raum in Wien: Implikationen für ein Barriere-Informationssystem

Abstract

Wheelchair users often encounter barriers reducing community mobility and participation in societal life. Information on barrier-free routes may improve mobility and therefore societal participation. In addition to technical prerequisites, a routing system will only be effective and used by the target group, if the development process is based on their perceptions and needs. The aim of the study was therefore to collect data on barriers from the viewpoint of wheelchair users in Vienna.

Keywords

• barriers
• participation
• wheelchair users
• icf
• focus group discussion
• multiprofessional
• user-perspective
• barrieren
• partizipation
• rollstuhlnutzer/-innen
• icf
• fokusgruppeninterviews
• multiprofessionell
• nutzer/-innenperspektive