The Traffic Experiences of Blind Road Users: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis

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2018-09-13

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Atabey, Cemile Müjde
Öz, Bahar
Tekeş, Burcu

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The Traffic Experiences of Blind Road Users: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis One of the key features of independent living is a fully accessible transport system, however, traffic experience finds relatively limited place within the whole disability literature. Traffic experience of disabled people in Turkey is also an under-researched area. Accessibility is the major problem in Turkey where disability has never been taken into account in relation to urban planning, architecture, infrastructure, and public transportation. This study explored the traffic experiences of 11 blind road users; there were eight males and three females. Semi-structured interviews were conducted at the places that the participants choose. The interviews lasted for 60–65 minutes, were recorded and transcribed verbatim. Participants were asked questions regarding their traffic experiences. Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) was used for analysis. IPA deals with participants’ personal lived experience and how participants make sense of that personal experience. There were four superordinate themes: Accessibility problems: ‘They park on pavements’; It is a very subjective experience; It is sometimes amazing: ‘Don’t you have a family?’; Positive experiences: Rare but remarkable. The superordinate theme accessibility problems were divided into three subthemes: Road, vehicles and climate related problems. The superordinate theme ‘Don’t you have a family?’ has a further subtheme titled ‘People insist on...!’ It is concluded that being a blind road user is a challenging experience in Turkey where the environment is chaotic, coercive and unfriendly.

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http://wp.lancs.ac.uk/disabilityconference2018/files/2018/08/book-of-abstracts-final.pdf
https://hdl.handle.net/11511/82547

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Lancaster Disability Studies Conference, (11 - 13 Eylül 2018)

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Department of Psychology, Conference / Seminar

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C. M. Atabey, B. Öz, and B. Tekeş, “The Traffic Experiences of Blind Road Users: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis,” presented at the Lancaster Disability Studies Conference, (11 - 13 Eylül 2018), 2018, Accessed: 00, 2021. [Online]. Available: http://wp.lancs.ac.uk/disabilityconference2018/files/2018/08/book-of-abstracts-final.pdf.