| Abstrakt: |
The comfort of people with disabilities (PWDs) is an essential key for their accessibility in public life participation. In developing countries level of service provided for disabilities persons on transportation system and accessibility at different public spaces is limited and, in some cases, absent at all. Insufficient facilities for people with disabilities in developing countries has become a habit while engineers, architects and community are not paying enough attention and this is resulting in people with disabilities for not participating in public life to meet their needs and enjoy their life independently. The aim of this paper is to investigate the facilities of disabled people in public buildings (schools) in Ferizaj. The barriers and deficiencies and to provide design criteria that will be effective to ensure barrier free mobility and accessibility for people with disabilities. In addition, the main objectives are: Identifying the number of people with disabilities in schools; analyzing the planimetry and approaches as well as identifying the obstacles they encounter during their stay in schools. The study considers seven primary schools in the city of Ferizaj, including staff and students with disabilities. In addition, all necessary measurements will be done in 7 schools. In this paper, the ramps, entrances, corridor, sanitary units as well as the classrooms, also their dimensions, the way of access, the arrangement of the inverters, their function as well as the comfort that they offer based on these dimensions have been researched. Moreover, change proposals are given for all the spaces mentioned above. Raising the awareness of society and relevant institutions regarding the admission of people with disabilities means special work and the creation of comfortable spaces where they can be easily accessed, either physically or emotionally. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
