THE BATTALION
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1977
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earn studies adaptive vans
or quadraplegics to drive
here are approximately 39,000
idraplegics in the United States,
h no use of their legs and only
ited use of their hands. Only
hi it 10 per cent are employed and
few can enjoy even the simplest
lasures of life.
he joy of sightseeing, recreation
iven shopping is denied them be-
ise they have no means of inde
dent transportation,
exas A&M University and Baylor
Jllege of Medicine have formed a
|m of researchers to test and
luate automotive equipment de-
ned for such persons,
his work is being continued
ough a $160,653 grant from the
jterans Administration to “test and
jiluate commercially available au-
clnotive adaptive equipment de-
igned for use by disabled drivers
• jnd todevelop additional equipment
M Jor use by quadraplegics, ” explained
| he principal investigator, Dr. Make
MeDermott, Jr. of A&M’s industrial
1Q7i ufcineering department.
Tie is joined by Dr. Lewis A.
lavitt of Baylor College of
h licine and Rodger J. Koppa of
AlaM s Texas Transportation Insti-
uti, along with task leader Dr.
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that is now entering its fifth year of
work in this area.
“The V. A. needs to insure that the
adaptive equipment allows the dis
abled driver to operate his vehicle so
that he is safe and isn’t a threat to
others,” pointed out Koppa. “Also
they need the assurance that the
equipment meets minimum
standards of safety and quality.”
“Since the V.A. is the major pur
chaser of this kind of gear, normally
the standards it sets will tend to be
adopted by industry,” McDermott
said.
It took adapted vans to the As
trodome in Houston where a select
group of quadraplegics drove them
and volunteered hints and criticisms
on their effectiveness.
They provide evaluations allowing
the V.A. to write specifications for
the devices and help manufacturers
develop their equipment once the
evaluations are written.
“For instance, a quadraplegic with
limited use of his hands may only be
able to exert one pound of force,
whereas standard power steering
may require three or four pounds,”
said Duncan. “Possibly a servo
mechanism, controlled by a small joy
stick, could be substituted for a con
ventional wheel. This would alter
the amount, type and force of
movement required to drive in the
quadraplegics favor.”
The team is evaluating a number
of different designs from several
manufacturers. But basically most
quadraplegics require a van with a
raised roof (so that in a wheel chair,
they can move around inside nor
mally), modified hand controls, a lift
for movement from the ground into
the van and a wheelchair restraint to
lock the chair into place in the
driver’s position.
McDermott, Koppa and Duncan
stress that their evaluations are for
the V.A. only. They advise that any
one who can transfer to a conven
tional seat auto should do so. They
say that a person is really taking a risk
driving in a wheelchair.
They have finished evaluations
and standards on manual controls
which were adopted by the V.A. The
group now is evaluating lifts and
making improvements currently and
have projects underway in the area
of servo controls and wheelchair re
straints. In addition they will be
evaluating entire van systems in the
future.
a committee of four staff mem-
FRIDAY
Sports Car Club, Scandia II Apt.
p.m.
Shorin Ryu Karate Club, G. Rol-
White 266, 5 p.m.
AusVun Student Association,
dder 510, 7 p.m.
bers and three students appointed
by Dr. John Koldus, vice president
for student services.
Only recognized campus organi
zations, university offices, students,
faculty and staff advertising personal
items will be allowed to use posting
areas.
All advertising and publicity ma
terial posted may be no larger than
22 by 28 inches. A maximum of one
poster per bulletin board and four
per kiosk of each advertisement or
publicity notice will be allowed.
Each poster must carry the name
of the organization or individual and
a visible date of posting. Posting
periods may not exceed three
weeks.
Materials printed in a foreign lan
guage must have the name of the
organization and the posting date in
English.
Materials must be attached so as
not to deface or destroy the posting
surface.
Other advertising should not be
concealed and there should be no
overlapping of material.
Advertising must be posted on
authorized locations only.
Additional restrictions such as
stamped approval for individual
posters and publicity may be im
posed by a building proctor or a re
sidence hall council.
To help enforce the new regu
lations-, a campus honor sorority bas
volunteered to police the areas.
— Esther Cortez
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WOMEN’S BASKETBALL team
will host Wharton Junior College at 8
p.m. today in G. Rollie White Col
iseum. The two loses to Texas and
Sam Houston even the team’s record
at 8-8.
WOMEN IN COMMUNICA
TIONS, a national professional jour
nalism society, is forming a chapter
at Texas A&M University. Student
members should have six hours of
journalism courses, with a jour
nalism GPR of 2.7 and an overall
GPR of 2.5. Professional members
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communications. A general meeting
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AGGIE PLAYERS’ PRODUC
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presented Feb. 14-19. Tickets,
available at the Rudder Center box
office Monday, will be $1.75 for
Texas A&M University students and
$2.75 for non-students. A child’s
admission will be $1.
DIAMOND SHAMROCK CORP.
presented $5,000 in unrestricted
grants to Texas A&M University offi
cials Wednesday afternoon. Half the
amount was awarded in the field of
chemical engineering and half in pe-
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AN EPIDEMIC of highly conta
gious red measles is in an eastern
section of Harris County, said health
officials yesterday. The disease,
which usually infects children, was
first detected in Baytown high
schools before Christmas. Now,
however, there are at least 70 af
fected children of all ages.
SOME GAS SUPPLIERS in
Texas are hesitant to become in
volved in natural gas to the North
west and to the East. Lone Star Gas
Co., the biggest Texas utility, yes
terday said it would provide natural
gas if the President ordered it to.
Houston Gas Pipe Line Co. and
Tenneco Inc., also have not made
any preparations to participate in the
national emergency energy pro
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we will doit . . . But realistically
speaking, the only gas we have to
ship to the East is gas we’d have to
take from our customers. I don’t be
lieve anybody has any spare gas. No
one has spare gas in a cold winter.”
JUDGE MAX M. ROGERS of
Huntsville was reappointed to a new
term as presiding judge of the 2nd
administrative judicial district. Gov.
Dolph Briscoe reappointed Rogers
yesterday to the new position, which
will expire Feb. 6, 1981.
THE BIRDS ARE DRUNK in
West Texas this year, say wildlife
biologists, because the cold winter is
producing a natural winery in the
area. Wild berries ripen, freeze,
thaw and ferment causing birds that
eat them to become a little bit intox
icated. An abundant crop of juniper
and mountain cedar berries are at
tracting more of the migratory robins
and cedar waxwings than normal,
said a wildlife biologist with the Soil
Conservation Service.
ton said yesterday the FBI should
help the Commerce Department
enforce the ban.
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DUCTION, which happened three
years ago today, will be the subject of
a museum-style exhibit, planned to
mark the anniversary of her kidnap
ping by the terrorist Symbionese
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Juba, and was part of a plot to bring
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day. An American missionary pilot
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second in a year, was trying to re
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political upheaval since it gained in
dependence from Egypt 21 years
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