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Tactile maps increase engagement in urban design
Sustrans and the Assistive Technologies Innovation Centre (ATiC) have revealed details of a project which could change engagement for people with visual impairments. The venture explored a range of manufacturing technologies, including…
Visit Britain toolkit will promote accessible tourism
Britain’s top tourism body is aiming to help businesses make their products and premises more accessible by distributing an online toolkit. Visit Britain says the initiative is aimed at micro,…
Report looks into hybrid working for disabled people
An organisation which was set up to explore the social impact of Covid-19 has published a series of recommendations around providing hybrid working opportunities for disabled people. The International Public…
Consultation urged over access to sport for disabled people
A leading sports charity is calling on the government to lay out a detailed action plan which commits to improving disabled people’s access to sport. Learning Disability Today said the…
Call for action over inaccessible social scene
Accessibility in pubs and clubs is so bad one disabled woman told the BBC she had never seen a wheelchair user on a night out. Cerys Davage, 22, has a…
BSL breakthrough with rail information
London North Eastern Railway (LNER) is trialling the full integration of British Sign Language (BSL) across its departure screens at Doncaster Railway Station. In what ITVX reported as a UK rail…
Premier Inn apologises to Paralympian
A major hotel group has apologised to a Paralympic swimmer and her father after a broken lift meant they were unable to access their first floor hotel room. The BBC…
Stadium brings up Changing Places milestone
The Changing Places Consortium has welcomed the actions of Championship football club Leeds United opening a Changes Places toilet which is the 2,000th on the official map. The organisation reported…
Call to raise awareness of BSL concentration fatigue
Limping Chicken, which promotes itself as “the world’s most popular deaf blog” has highlighted the impact of concentration fatigue caused by deaf people having to focus for long periods of…
Visually impaired tenpin bowlers making a difference
An award-winning ten-pin bowling team is helping to "stop isolation" for people who are blind and partially sighted, according to BBC Online. The Swindon Bats compete in the British Blind…
