Ergonomics and accessibility for people with visual impairment in hotels.
This article presents a diagnosis of luxury or superior hotels in the city of Natal, located in the state of Rio Grande do Norte, in northeastern Brazil, in what concerns accessibility to the visually impaired. The main objective is to present the guiding principles to design actions and interventions that must be considered in the preparation or revision of technical standards and manuals of good practice in accessibility related to people with visual impairments who are hotel users. The survey showed that the hotels do not meet the normative indications of accessibility, their facilities are in-accessible (have prevented access) or of reduced accessibility and its employees are not prepared to provide adequate hospital services for people with visual impairment. It was concluded that some of the accessibility problems faced by people with visual impairments are also faced by people in general.
Post-graduation Programme in Production Engineering, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, RN-Brasil. larissa.interiores@yahoo com.br
Larissa Nascimento
LN
Dos Santos
Ricardo José Matos
RJ
de Carvalho
D001107:Architectural Accessibility; D001938:Brazil; D006804:Ergonomics; D005160:Facility Design and Construction; D006798:Housing; D006801:Humans; D014195:Travel; D019987:Persons with Visual Disabilities