Mackett, R;
(2019)
Enabling people with mental disabilities to travel more.
Presented at: Transportation Research Board 98th Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., USA.
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The purpose of this presentation is to explore evidence about why people with mental disabilities travel less than other people and how this can be addressed. A person has a disability if he or she has a physical or mental impairment which has a substantial and long-term adverse effect on his or her ability to carry out normal day-to-day activities. The paper starts by examining the legislative context in Great Britain. Then, using the example of bus travel, it is shown that people with mental impairments travel by bus less than the general public and people with physical and sensory impairments. The main reason for this is anxiety because of lack of confidence. Evidence about the decisions that need to be made at each stage of the journey and the nature of the various mental impairments suggests that the main causes of anxiety are concerns about navigating the way without becoming lost and difficulties interacting with other people, both staff and other travelers, plus poor behavior by other travelers. Various ways of increasing confidence about finding the way are identified: enhancing the skills of the traveler, providing clear information before and during travel, making the local area easier to understand and providing support when lost. Similarly, interventions can help to improve communication between staff and travelers with mental impairments. Improving the behavior of other travelers so that it causes less anxiety is difficult but there are schemes and campaigns that may help.
| Type: | Conference item (Presentation) |
|---|---|
| Title: | Enabling people with mental disabilities to travel more |
| Event: | Transportation Research Board 98th Annual Meeting |
| Location: | Washington, D.C., USA |
| Dates: | 13 - 17 January 2019 |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| Publisher version: | http://www.trb.org/AnnualMeeting/AnnualMeeting.asp... |
| Language: | English |
| Keywords: | Travel, Disability, Mental impairment, Mental health, Cognitive impairment |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science > Dept of Civil, Environ and Geomatic Eng |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10067086 |
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