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Two researchers at the University of Kentucky Human Development Institute (HDI) are working to better understand the challenges Kentuckians who use wheelchairs face in air travel; an especially timely topic during the upcoming summer traveling season. Walt Bower, Ph.D., preservice training coordinator, and Julie Pfeiffer, a Ph.D. student in the College of Education and a graduate research assistant at HDI, are laying the groundwork for further academic research on this issue. They talk about it on this week's edition of Dr. Greg Davis on Medicine.
Researchers at UK's Human Development Institute (HDI) are interviewing Kentuckians who use wheelchairs to understand their experiences. The two will collect and document experiences and perceptions on what needs to change to make the air travel process more accessible.