ABSTRAKJumlah populasi penyandang disabilitas di Indonesia cenderung meningkatdari tahun ke tahun, dimana disabilitas yang paling banyak dialami adalah disabilitaskaki. Sebanyak 74% dari penyandang disabilitas tidak memiliki pekerjaan. Salah satusektor industri yang menyerap tenaga kerja dan memungkinkan untuk penyandangdisabilitas daksa kaki adalah industri garmen. Pada prakteknya ditemukanpermasalahan dalam hal pengoperasian mesin jahit dimana disabilitas daksa kakikesulitan menjangkau pedal mesin jahit.Penelitian ini akan membahas perancangan usulan desain alat bantupengoperasian mesin jahit bagi penyandang disabilitas daksa kaki. Metodeperancangan yang diterapkan adalah metode Ulrich-Eppinger. Perancangan alatBantu pengoperasian mesin jahit bagi penyandang disabilitas dilakukan sampai tahappemilihan konsep.Dari hasil pengolahan data diperoleh dua usulan desain alat bantu yaitualternatif pertama berupa tambahan pedal yang diletakkan di pedal mesin jahit danalternatif kedua berupa alat bantu untuk menjangkau pedal mesin jahit yangdipasangkan pada pengguna.Kata kunci: Alat bantu, disabilitas daksa kaki, metode Ulrich-Eppinger,pengoperasian mesin jahitABSTRACTTotal population of persons with disabilities in Indonesia tends to increasefrom year to year, in which the most is a leg disability. As many as 74% of personswith disabilities do not have jobs. One of the industries that provide employment andallow for physically disabled persons with leg disabilities is a garment industry. Inpractice, found the problem in terms to operate the sewing machine. The physicaldisabilities can’t to reach the control pedal of sewing machine.This research will discuss about designing the propose assistive tool design tooperate sewing machine for the leg disabilities. Design method applied is a methodby Ulrich-Eppinger (2001). Designing assistive tool to operate a sewing machine forpersons with disabilities until the concept selection phase.The result from this research are two proposes assistive tool design. The firstalternative is the additional pedal that is placed on the pedal sewing machine. Andthe second alternative is the assistive tool used on user’s leg to reach the pedal ofsewing machine.Key Words: Assistive tool, The leg disabilities, Generic Product Design by Ulrich-Eppinger, sewing machine operation.
