Determinación antropométrica para mobiliario escolar destinado a niños con discapacidad motriz en Ecuador

Abstract

Whereas the social inclusion of people with disabilities in education centers is relatively low, and considering that globally only 2% of children with disabilities have access to education,it raises the objec- tive of contribute to the social inclusion of children with motor dis- abilities in school environments, that fit their physical conditions, for which it is defined a methodology raised on definition of 25 anthro- pometric variables, which served as a guide for taking anthropometric data to a research sample of 384 children who have mild motor impairment of the Republic of Ecuador, obtained a total of 9600 data, the same was applied test Darling Normality Andersons, resulting that anthropomet- ric data are within the range of normal. Well with the data obtained percentiles were calculated percentile 2.5% and 97.5% in order to encompass the largest number of people in this study, also for subse- quent comparative analysis with data INEN Technical Standard 2583 (2011), resulting in a pronounced gap between research data and data from the Standard, because the first is based on a specific study for children with motor disabilities, while the latter measures contem- plated school standard for the design of chairs and desks (tables).