Assessing The Efficiency And Challenges With Implementing Accessible Building Facilities For Persons With Disabilities In Public Building Of Addis Ababa
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People pass though being elderly, pregnant women, children and with a temporary sicknessrnor injury and will be in need of help from others to maneuver in built environments. Thus,rnpublic buildings should be accessible and barrier-free to both able and disabled people.rnDisabled people find it difficult to gain access into and operate freely without assistance inrnmany public buildings in Addis Ababa. rnThe aim of this descriptive research was to examine the extent to which the persons withrnDisability facilities have been incorporated in the designs and construction of publicrnbuildings of Addis Ababa, to identify the challenges with the implementation of accessiblernBuilding Facilities, challenges faced by of PWDs and to asses possible improvementrnsolutions To achieve the study‘s objectives, a comprehensive literature review, arnquestionnaires survey and observation were carried out. The total population of grade onernconsultant (44) from federal construction minister of Addis Ababa in the year 2019 wasrntaken to respond on the questionnaires. The study also sought to find out major challengesrnthat person with disability are facing by purposively selected 6 organizations, which arernworking on disability and 30 PWDs were given the questionnaires based on their disabilityrntype. In addition the study took inventory of facilities available for disabled people inrnpurposively selected ten critical public buildings. The inventory covered the identificationrnand ascertaining the functional state of the facilities. rnFindings from the research shows that almost half of the respondents who were responsiblernfor taking decision on the design of built environment has got little or fair knowledge aboutrnthe inclusive, accessible, universal buildings and disability concerning laws. Therefore mostrnthe building being provided are not disability-friendly. Even, if there are consideration of therndisability in design the frequently considered is mobility. And some of the challengingrnfactors for implementing accessible buildings are ranked as follow; lack of enforcement ofrnthe law, lack of public awareness about the law and weakness in the provisions of the law.rnPublic education, review of the disability law and active involvement of disability groups inrndecision making were some of the recommendations made.