Cooking is a task most of us take for granted, yet many people struggle with it on a daily basis due to disabilities. Also, cooking and cookware account for the majority of preventable burn injuries in the household for children and the elderly*. An NC State-funded research project needs a few minutes of your time to make cooking safer and easier for everyone, especially people living with disabilities. As part of the research phase of our project we are surveying people who cook on their experiences in the kitchen:
**Take the online survey here After research, we are designing, prototyping, and testing cookware that will address issues discovered during research.
(More info on the project...) -----
*Sources:
“Kitchen Scalds and Thermal Burns in Children Five Years and Younger.” Pediatrics 115.1 (2005)
“Elderly Patients Discharged Home from the Emergency Department With Minor Burns.” Burns 31.6 (2005)
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cooking, disabled, disability, cookware, blind, mobility, independent living, universal design, NCSU, NC State
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