장애인 보조기기 디자인 관련 법률, 규격 및 지침 비교 연구 -제품의 사용성 관련 규격 및 지침을 중심으로-

This proposed research finds that there is a lack of consideration of usability of assistive products in the development of domestic assistive products. However those products have to be improved further in order to secure the international competitiveness of domestic small assistive product industry. Lots of considerations should be given not only to the function of assistive products but also to its usage. The national and governmental support to secure sufficient competitiveness of global market may start with the revision and amendment of related laws, standards and guidelines related to assistive products and assistive product industry. Under such understanding, authors analyzed the standards, guidelines and the laws related to assistive products through the framework of usability for the study. The authors as researchers define the usability of the assistive products used in the study, and examined the Welfare of Persons with Disabilities Act and the Supporting Act of the Assistive Products. Based on the current status of these assistive products laws, the authors selected three domestic standard and guidelines related to the usability of assistive products for people with disability, and analyzed the directionality of standard and guidelines through Hancock's ergonomics and hedonomics needs hierarchy. Currently, there are no usability standards and guidelines for assistive products, while it is only considered the characteristics of assistive products in Korea. However, there are the standards and guidelines for the usability of assistive products for group for users with disabilities, they should be made up of contents suited to users' characteristics. Especially, related regulations and laws should be composed of contents that can plan by considering the characteristics of contextual situation of users.