TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2022//
TI  - "Dirty looks": a critical phenomenology of motorized mobility scooter use
JO  - Social science and medicine (1982)
A1  - Battalova, Alfiya
A1  - Hurd, Laura
A1  - Hobson, Sandra
A1  - Kirby, R. Lee
A1  - Emery, Richelle
A1  - Mortenson, W. Ben
SP  - e114810
EP  - e114810
VL  - 297
IS  - 
N2  - The use of motorized mobility scooters has become increasingly prevalent. Drawing on the critical-phenomenology and disability-studies literature, this study explored the embodied nature of scooter use among 20 new scooter users. The analysis revealed four themes: 1) Navigating the social environment and being (un)seen presented a paradox of how hypervisibility and invisibility can both exist; 2) Transitioning to scooter use revealed the affective component of becoming a scooter user despite the underlying desire to avoid unwanted attention; 3) Experiencing accessibility challenges en route and at destinations demonstrated that the inconsistency in accessibility along different routes unavoidably makes disability more visible; 4) Strategic and personalized use of devices for mobility illustrated how reliance on other mobility devices (e.g. canes and walkers) can be used as a strategy to circumvent the barriers and lessen the visibility of disability. The lifeworlds of "lived relation", "lived body", "lived space", and "lived things" encapsulated the multi-faceted experiences of new scooter users. The critical phenomenology of scooter use emphasized the need for creative strategies to address the physical and attitudinal barriers as well as scooter design-related concerns.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0277-9536
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2022.114810
ID  - ref1
ER  -