ACCESS FOR DISABLE PERSON TO PUBLIC BUILDINGS

Diagnose : Lower Limbs Amputation, patient using manual wheelchair.

 During this activity, patient need to access the public building from

• Car park into the building
• Going to the library
• From the library to the cafeteria
• Then going to the wash room

From car park going into the building

Car park size  454cm x 253cm, which is not according to the standards set

The client cannot transfer from the car to wheelchair because of the spacing remaining between two cars is too small. The entrance also too far from the parking provided. Client doesn't have trouble entering the building as the ramp provided and followed the standards set.

Entering the Library at 2nd floor

Client using elevator to access to the 2nd floor.

Small Ramp provided to wheelchair
 user  access to the elevator

Elevator door size 111cm which is
 suitable for wheelchair accessibility

Button height also according the
standards set

Signal for door to open enable client
to move on time

Inside button still followed
the standards set

Measure space in elevator = 198 x 179

 Entering the Library

No wheelchair user can pass any Rotator
 bars entrances or exits

At the library one entrance / exit provided
 for wheelchair user with 85" width.

Obstacles present in the library:

Spaces between two bookcase is too narrow.
The wheelchair can through the spaces but
cannot make any turn inside the gap.

Highest level of the bookcase  can be
 reached but need extra effort by the user.

Unilateral door ( to the computer room)
not suitable for the wheelchair user.

However....

The photocopy machine still can still be
 used by the wheelchair user although
no knee space on the machine.

The computer table wheelchair user friendly.

At the Cafeteria

Not enough knee space underneath
the hand washing sink.

Extra effort needed to reach the tissue
paper as the sink knee space not
following the standards set.

Washroom

As the OKU (disable person) wash room provided inside the building at every level, the wash rooms meet the measurement standards set.