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New app will help to make rural walking more accessible
August 10, 2025
Ian Streets
Volunteers have mapped 10,000 walking routes across Great Britain in an attempt to make rural walking more accessible. The Guardian reported that the group has been researching and mapping the…
Read moreGlobal survey urges improved awareness of assistance dog roles
August 3, 2025
Ian Streets
A global survey has highlighted widespread challenges facing handlers and their assistance dogs when it comes to accessing public spaces. The Paws For Access Report on Assistance Dog Rights was…
Read moreTactile artwork exhibition promotes “blindness gains”
July 25, 2025
Ian Streets
Tactile artwork should be commonplace in UK galleries to make sure art is accessible to blind people, while more needs to be done to counter “ocularcentric bias”, according to the…
Read moreTeenager wins fight to have BSL interpreter in class
July 18, 2025
Ian Streets
A deaf teenager who won a legal challenge to have an interpreter in her classroom has welcomed the passing of a bill that will legally recognise students and teachers who use British…
Read morePub chain defends ban on assistance dog
July 11, 2025
Ian Streets
Bosses of a nationwide pub chain defended refusing to serve a disabled woman who took her assistance dog into one of its pubs. Kent Online reported that Louisa Nerssessian, who…
Read moreWorks starts to improve towpath accessibility
July 4, 2025
Ian Streets
Work to improve accessibility along a six-mile (9.5km) stretch of canal has begun, with more than £3m being spent on improvements. The repair work along the Huddersfield Narrow Canal and…
Read moreCouncil defends Blue Badge parking charges
June 24, 2025
Ian Streets
Blue Badge holders will now have to pay to use previously free council-owned car parks in one part of Kent if intending to stay longer than three hours. MSN reported…
Read moreWheelchair user trapped in field at festival
June 17, 2025
Ian Streets
A wheelchair user who was unable to get into a festival after being left stranded miles away in a field, told the BBC she is "really, really upset" and "disappointed".…
Read moreDriver left frustrated over Blue Badge renewal
June 12, 2025
Ian Streets
A man who has had a prosthetic leg for half a century has described a request for more medical information to renew his Blue Badge as "bureaucracy gone mad". BBC…
Read moreParalympian backs campaign for tube station improvements
June 5, 2025
Ian Streets
Paralympian Lady Tanni Grey-Thompson is backing a campaign to make South Kensington tube station step-free as part of a move to make “one of the UK’s most iconic cultural quarters” more…
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