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Easy Travel From A To B Outside Of The Home For Wheelchair Users


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#1 Oscar

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Posted 13 April 2011 - 12:04 PM

Hey there guys,

My name is Oscar Fernandez and I am a final year honours student at the Massey School of Design in Auckland, New Zealand. I am currently working on my final year project, which is to design a product for short term travel outside of the home for wheelchair users, with a specific emphasis on independence and removing social segregation. The project is proving to be really exiting and all that I need to kick of the concept phase for my solutions is some responses to an online survey which I have created which looks into wheelchair users and what they want to see in a product. The survey is only 10 questions long and it would really help me a lot if I could get some responses outside of New Zealand!

The link to my online survey is:

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/RDJLZ3W

Thanks guys and all the best,

Oscar

#2 edlee

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Posted 13 April 2011 - 06:39 PM

I hope that helps, Oscar. Good luck with the project.
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Posted 17 April 2011 - 03:31 PM

View Postedlee, on 13 April 2011 - 06:39 PM, said:

I hope that helps, Oscar. Good luck with the project.
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Good luck and I hope you get a good grade.
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Posted 27 April 2011 - 05:03 AM

good luck creating a new chair.

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Posted 28 April 2011 - 12:55 AM

Hi Oscar,
My fiance is a t10-11 complete paraplegic and I have built her a modified mobility scooter that allows her to stay in her chair to get from a to b and then get off the scooter and move around more. She uses it to get between her horses paddocks. I would be happy to send some photos of it to you if you were interested?




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