Wheelchair users' room
- Accessibility
There are also three rooms for persons with physical disorders. It is a sliding-door and
International Symbol of Access is put on the door.
There are six rooms for the persons with disabilities in total. Three rooms for persons with visual
impairment and three for persons with physical disorders. All rooms are located on the lobby floor
(or 4th floor of residential building) for better access.
Sometimes three rooms are not enough to give accommodation to all persons with physical disorders.
In such case, we decide who use those rooms by the degree of disabilities.
The rooms for persons with physical disorders is as spacious as other twin rooms. So, it's easy
for wheelchair users to move around inside the room. Slope is installed at the room entrance.
Wheelchair users can also move to bathroom or transfer to bed smoothly.
An emergency all button is installed at a bedside.
Restroom is more spacious than that of regular rooms so wheelchair users can easily use it.
Bathroom space is also much bigger than that of regular rooms.
Shower is available outside the bathtub too. If participants don't want to use bathtub but
shower,
they can transfer from wheelchair to a shower chair, if necessary, and take a shower.
Washstand is easy for wheelchair users to use. It is made wide, the tab is in a easy form to use,
and the mirror is slightly leaning forward for better use.
This photo shows the slope for emergency exit from the rooms for persons with physical disorders.
They can escape outside the room using the slope, but at the end of the slope, there are steps! It
is
estimated that this building was not build with the concept of universal design and the slope was
added afterwards.

