Instructions for using a wheel chair

User Information Essential for Living

Tanja Brinkmann

The German Law for Equal Rights to the Disabled (Behindertengleichstellungsgesetz, BGG) has been in force since May 2002. This law champions barrier-free access to information for the disabled. Although this is not explicitly stipulated in the BGG, this article tries to examine the special importance of target-group-specific information in instruction manuals. Or, more precisely, how good or bad the usability of these instructions can be, such as those for wheelchair users.