Abstract
Abstract Children with congenital visual impairment (SVIB b) integrate into indoor/outdoor activities of a specialized preschool for learners with SVIB and c) be adopted by families, professionals and learners with SVI&B as a safe mobility solution. Stakeholders and children under five with SVI&B evaluated the prototype system. Results: The project successfully created a hands-free wearable white cane that provided students with SVI&B under age five with next step warning when walking across a variety of terrain. Preschool participants with SVI&B easily adopted the wearable cane into their activities with minimal to no prompting or instruction. The P20 prototype scored well across usability features, including maintaining consistent, hands-free, autonomous arc. The invention of a hands-free mobility tool was a significant outcome of this project. These data support that autonomous arc has the ability to provide developmentally appropriate safe mobility solution for toddlers with SVI&B.
Highlights
Several specialized pre-schools and providers of early intervention (EI) services distributed flyers about the project to their families
Through iterative design and validation, we evaluated 20 prototypes over 14 weeks
(3) Double Waistband (DW): The double waistband innovation was present in the original P1 design and it allows the hands-free autonomous arc
Summary
Several specialized pre-schools and providers of early intervention (EI) services distributed flyers about the project to their families. The purpose of the study was to rapidly make and test wearable cane prototypes. Toddler and pre-school learners wore the cane prototypes in authentic settings
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