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A Quantitative Approach to Driver Training for the Disabled
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Abstract
Standard driver education programs for the disabled, although generally successful in helping their clients to earn licenses, depend largely on classroom and on-road experience to train severely disabled and cognitively disabled clients. This can lead to hazardous situations when the client has a high anxiety level, or when he is not educationally or functionally prepared for on-road driving. The Louisiana Tech University rehabilitation Engineering Center has developed a driver training system which provides quantitative feedback to the trainer on client progress throughout the training. It uses a five-stage approach based on learning theory, which tends to improve learning time, decrease client anxiety, and thus reduce hazard.
Authors
- Edwin Irwin - Louisiana Tech University, Center for Rehabilitation Science and Biomedical Engineering
- Donald Kerr - Louisiana Tech University, Center for Rehabilitation Science and Biomedical Engineering
- Paul N. Hale - Louisiana Tech University, Center for Rehabilitation Science and Biomedical Engineering
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Irwin, E., Kerr, D., and Hale, P., "A Quantitative Approach to Driver Training for the Disabled," SAE Technical Paper 851668, 1985, https://doi.org/10.4271/851668.Also In
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