Arica Bolechala’s thesis research, Evaluating the Effectiveness of the Travel Assistance Device on the Bus Riding Behavior of Individuals with Disabilities, successfully showed that the Travel Assistance Device (TAD) mobile phone application has a positive impact on the ability of a bus rider with an intellectual disability to exit the bus at the correct stop. This research was recently presented at the National Academy of Sciences’ Transportation Research Board (TRB) 90th Annual Meeting.
Ms. Bolechala is a recent graduate of Florida Mental Health Institute’s Applied Behavior Analysis Master’s program.