Hi Mary
I assume you mean a device that would attach to a manual door to swing
it open and then release it once through it. An interesting challenge
and guess there are various health and safety concerns about the release
mechanism to ensure that the door did not lock the wheelchair user in
its path.
The Helen Hamlyn research centre at the Royal College of Art many know
of designers who have done this type of work at
http://www.hhrc.rca.ac.uk/ or perhaps RICAbility
http://www.ricability.org.uk/
Sounds an interesting project if you can get people who want to be
interested involved in it.
Regards
Marcus
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Subject: [ACCESSIBUILT] opening doors from your wheelchair
Can you advise, or head me in the right direction for advice for the
following. A young wheelchair user in Swansea wants to make a device for
his wheelchair as part of his studies. This device would be able to open
doors as he approached them. Is there anything on the market? where
would he get advice? Can anyone help? Regards Mary Gwynne Policy
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