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This section gives a detailed study of a particular location found in Singapore and evaluates the place for its user-friendliness towards the wheelchair user. By having these case studies, one can have a deeper insight towards the problems as highlighted in the Issues section in the website and complements the reader's knowledge towards the general problems faced by the wheelchair user.

In order to have a first-hand experience of the plight that the wheelchair user have to go through in their every day lives, we rented a wheelchair from the Handicapped Welfare Association (HWA) and spent a day trying to emulate a particular day of a wheelchair user individual has to go through. Further details can be found in the article itself.

  • HDB
  • A study on Singapore's most common housing and its compatibility for the wheelchair user.
  • Vivocity
  • A study on one of the newest shopping malls in Singapore.
  • Raffles Institution
  • A study on a typical secondary school in Singapore and how it caters for the wheelchair user.
  • MRT/Bus
  • A study on the Mass Rapid Transport (MRT) and Buses of Singapore to evaluate the accessibility of mass transport for the wheelchair user.
  • A Day in a Wheelchair
  • A detailed evaluation of being in a wheelchair for a day and the difficulties/problems faced in the course of a day.