Situational Analysis of Manual Wheelchair Provision: Nepal
Type
Research Group
The Enabling Friday Community (EFC) Nepal has proposed a vision for change based on 4 working sessions over the past few months - Enabling Fridays Vision.
While we want to focus on building sustainable assistive technology innovation and systems, we as a group recognised the obvious need for specific data to inform the work. Collaboratively we have agreed that a situational analysis and action plan for sustainable manual wheelchair provision should be prioritised to develop a working methodology and service system template.
Abstract:
Our wider plan on locally-centred action on Manual Wheelchair Provision
1. Local collaborative direction-setting group development
2. Situational Analysis focused on a subset of AT (Manual Wheelchairs) and targeted rich data collection
- Population/regional level investigation
- Individual level journey mapping (of people and products)
- Local Innovation Pathway Identification
3. Upcoming Actions based on No.1 & 2
- Local Innovation across product-service elements
- Advocacy
- Global peer linked work (educational across stakeholders, live labs, innovation coaching)
4. Expansion and iteration of local collaborative process across other AT sectors
Global Disability Innovation Hub; 2022