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Consumers: Individuals or the family of individuals who use wheelchairs
Background
The Ride Safe Brochure
- Check this out!! A new and updated Ride Safe Brochure! You will find it on Travelsafer.org, a website focused on ensuring passenger safety when seated in a wheelchair.
- Take a look at the Educational Tool Box for information about how to give a Power Point presentation to others. This presentation with presenters notes is based on the Ride Safe brochure.
- The Ride Safe Brochure can be downloaded in PDF format or you can order it from the Educational Tool Box page.
- Printed copies of this brochure can also be requested from the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute by telephone at 734-764-2171 or by e-mail: umtridocs@umich.edu
- Guidelines for Safely Transporting Wheelchair Users - an article written by Mary-Ann Snell OT(C) reprinted with permission from the American Occupational Therapy Association. The article originally appeared in OT Practice June 1999, one year prior to the approval of the WC19 standard.
Standards
Products
Wheelchair Securement and Occupant Restraint Systems (WTORS)
- Note: When communicating with manufacturers who are not listed here, be sure to ask if their products comply with the SAE J2249 Standard for Wheelchair Tiedown and Occupant Restraints (WTORS)
Advocacy and System Change
"Education Pages" to print out for yourself or others:
Other Information Resources
- Project Action - Easter Seals project for accessible community transportation. The site has links to free resources, training and an accessible transportation database.
In-Depth Accident Investigation
- Have you been seated in a wheelchair in a motor vehicle and been in an accident? We are conducting a research study. We want to learn more about the consequences of vehicle accidents for those who were riding in or driving while seated in a wheelchair at the time of an accident.
- Download and read the project description and recruitment flyer (105 K PDF doc)
- If you would like to participate, contact Larry Schneider at the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI)
Have more questions about WC19? Contact us at ruffing@pitt.edu
Last Updated: July 28, 2009
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