You have successfully checked the accessibility to your school and other public buildings. But, how accessible is your town for a wheelchair user? This is what you are going to find out in Final Task 3. This time you will have to go out into the open and prove that you are also a good expert on accessibility to outdoor public spaces.

Visit the following pages and read the information carefully:

:: Webquest General Information Page: here you will find useful hints to facilitate your task and improve the final outcome of your project.

:: Final Task 3 Evaluation Sheet: here you will find how you are going to be rated.

:: Chart 2: Survey of Accessibility to Outdoor Public Spaces
:: A map of the building (if it is possible)
:: A digital camera
:: A video camera
:: A wheelchair
:: A large scarf and a stick

:: Divide into groups of 7 students consisting of:

1 "technician" expert on pavements and pedestrian crossings.

1 "technician" expert on kerb cuts and street lights.

1 "technician" expert on car parks and signs and signals.

2 "artists", who mark on the map the points checked and the problems detected. They also take photos or film the activities.

2 "actors" (who move about in a wheelchair or blindfolded) to verify the accessibility to the space selected.

Note: it is better to invite a "real" blind or/and chairbound disabled to accompany you during this activity.

:: Select two public buildings in the centre of your town separated from each other by about a ten-minutes' walk (e.g.: the Town Hall, the Market Place, the Post Office, or the train station)

:: Decide which is the best route to go from one building to the other and mark it on the map (you may need to enlarge the area of the map so that you can easily mark the accessibility to this area).

:: Start from one of the selected buildings and follow the route marked on the map.

:: Go through every point marked on Chart 2.

:: Take notes of all the barriers that block your access to the area.

:: Take notes, photographs and/or film the activity to keep a record of every significant point on the route.

:: Return to the departure point following the same route to be sure you have not left any point without being checked.

:: Once you have all the information, meet as a group to analyse your findings, discuss your conclusions and develop your presentation.

:: You can also discuss and interchange information with the other groups.

:: Develop your final presentation in PowerPoint or as a poster.

:: Your presentation should include the following information:
a) Name of every person in the group and date of survey.
b) A photo of the group.
c) A map of the area where you have marked every point checked and.
painted according to the colour code:

:: Accessible: green.
:: Accessible with difficulty: yellow (or orange).
:: Not accessible: red.

e) A brief comment on every point checked.
f) Some significant photos to illustrate your comment.

:: A video of the activity

:: Make an oral presentation to your class. It should include an account of your experience and your conclusions.

:: Your presentation should be conducted in English.

:: As a group, choose the best presentation and display it in a visible place.

:: Complete Final Task 3 Evaluation Sheet and give it to your teacher.

You have finished your Survey Tasks now.

You are expected to have learnt a great deal about disabled people and the barriers that block their access to a full and integrated life.

It is desirable that, in the future, you contribute, with your knowledge, to the abolition of those barriers.

:: You may want to invite your headmaster/mistress/parents/other groups to your presentation or you may want to organize an extra presentation for them.

:: You can include useful suggestions on how to improve accessibility to outdoor public spaces in your town.