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Title:

Development of a Transportation Skills Assessment Tool (TSAT) for Individuals on the Autism Spectrum to Aid in Finding Safe and Accessible Paratransit Services

Accession Number:

01474043

Record Type:

Component

Availability:

Transportation Research Board Business Office

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Abstract:

In order to assist individuals on the autism spectrum in accessing public paratransit services, the Transportation Skills Assessment Tool (TSAT) was developed. The tool was modeled after other assessments that are commonly used to evaluate individuals on the autism spectrum. The goal was to offer a reliable prediction on the ability of an individual to independently use public paratransit services based on their performance in a controlled testing environment. The tool developed by the researchers evaluates 37 separate tasks to determine the capability of an individual to use up to five different types of paratransit services. Of the 37 assessments, 36 were modified from previously validated assessment tools, and one was developed by Rutgers. The paratransit services evaluated are: hand-to-hand, door-through-door, door-to-door, curb-to-curb, and ADA complementary. The tool is designed with three hierarchical sections for the five different paratransit types as well as the trip planning and scheduling section. The TSAT is designed to simulate each of the necessary skills in order to evaluate the individual’s ability to independently travel using one or more of the paratransit services. A pilot test was conducted with five adults from the Rutgers Douglass Development Disabilities Center. Of the five individuals tested, three were determined to have the ability to ride hand-to-hand services independently and two were determined unable to ride paratransit independently. The pilot test indicated the TSAT was able to predict the capabilities of an individual in a simulated real-world environment based on the in-class results with 100% accuracy.

Supplemental Notes:

This paper was sponsored by TRB committee AP060 Paratransit.

Monograph Accession #:

01470560

Report/Paper Numbers:

13-0553

Language:

English

Corporate Authors:

Transportation Research Board

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Authors:

Feeley, Cecelia
Szary, Patrick
Lee, Ken
Matlin, Alisa
Hoffman, Louis
Manente, Christopher
Matheis, Elizabeth

Pagination:

16p

Publication Date:

2013

Conference:

Transportation Research Board 92nd Annual Meeting

Location: Washington DC, United States
Date: 2013-1-13 to 2013-1-17
Sponsors: Transportation Research Board

Media Type:

Digital/other

Features:

Figures; References; Tables

Uncontrolled Terms:

Autism

Subject Areas:

Public Transportation; Safety and Human Factors; Society; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning

Source Data:

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2013 Paper #13-0553

Files:

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Created Date:

Feb 5 2013 12:14PM