Cassandra Coravos Avery Fisher Justin Hatfield NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY Martin Hewitt Sameer Srivastava Jenny Wang

Approximately 10,000 babies born in the U.S. will develop cerebral palsy every year Data from Center for Disease Control and Prevention 60% are independent walkers 40% need mobility devices

SIX SITE VISITS OBSERVATIONS & INTERVIEWS

1. Individual needs to grab onto the back seat for leverage 2. Individual walks in small steps and needs extra step for initial entrance into vehicle 3. Individual grasps the passenger seat to pull him/herself up into the vehicle 4. Takes step into vehicle 5. Seats him/herself 6. Caretaker needs to reach around passenger to buckle passenger in JOURNEY MAPPING Child passenger who is an independent walker

HOW CAN WE STATEMENTS: 1.HCW afford more secure grasping for child passengers with CP upon entering the car? 1.HCW make child passengers with CP able to seatbelt themselves?

DECISION MATRIX Impact and feasibility criteria to select 5 key ideas

PATENT RESEARCH

Funnel Buckle

Backpack Straps

Ergonomic Handles

TESTING PLAN

NEXT STEPS  Testable (low-fidelity) prototypes by next week  Specific testing plans for each concept by next week  Testing dates set up in 2 weeks  Narrowing down to one concept