description: the name "perkins"carved in stone. below a gothic tower, a boynavigates with a cane. a title: crawford: if anybody gets anyone thing out of this, it's keeping somebody safe. that's probably the mostimportant task we have. we want them to learn, but wewant them to do it safely, and it differs based on theinstructor, the student, the type of chair, theenvironment you may be in.
if i'm assessing somebody who'sin an electric chair with a joystick, first thing iwant to know is how am i going to stop that person ifthey're about to drive off a cliff or about to run into awall, and then i need to practicethat. you should practice that insidebefore you get out there, about to drive off of the grandcanyon. do it someplace where it's safe,it's quiet, the student can be relaxed,they're not all stressed out,
but they also need to feel that. description: in a video clip, awoman is operating a motorized wheelchair on asidewalk. a mobility instructor walks justbehind the chair and observes the woman navigate. as she veers towards the curb,the instructor grabs the rear of the chair. he tilts it back and pulls thechair onto the sidewalk. crawford: you're going to beable to use 90%, 95%
of what you already know. most of it is the same, becauseyou're looking at the same end objective. the similarities are that youneed to cover all the same things. the person still has to come inand out of a doorway, they still have to go down ahall, they still have to be able to find the third dooron the right, if that's the office they'relooking for.
crawford: in a video clip, adark-haired young man in a motorized wheelchair drivesthrough a doorway and makes a left-hand turn as hemakes his way to a classroom. crawford: they still have to beable to recognize and stop when they get to curbs or streetcrossings. they need to be able to crossthe street at the appropriate times. most of the skills that youteach somebody who's on their feet are going to bethe same skills you teach
somebody here in a wheelchair. a person in a wheelchair is justgoing to have to do it a little different sometimes. crawford: fade to black.