Track: Human Factors and Ergonomics

Abstract

The accessibility and usability of public toilet bowls have been difficult for people with disabilities and senior citizens. Since our body is regularly releasing fluid and we do not know when we need it, convenient access to the public toilet bowl is essential to making the lives of people with limited mobility easier when going to the public toilet. The study attempts to provide a solution to the uncomfortable public restroom experience from the perspective of senior citizens and persons with disabilities, which can cause strain, sprain, or injury due to their unique needs caused by their condition or age as they grow older. Therefore, this research aims to examine the availability of public restrooms for people with disabilities and the elderly in Metro Manila by providing them with access to a generally more efficient utility toilet bowl. To accurately draw the results based on the interview with the senior citizens and persons with disabilities (PWD), the researchers will interpret the results in Google Forms using the pie chart and tabular presentation. The researchers must precisely discover the fundamental obstacle that physically challenged humans encounter when using public restrooms and propose the probable remedy to this problem due to the meticulous observation, introspection, and data gathering that the researchers conducted.