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Tactile maps increase engagement in urban design
February 2, 2024
Ian Streets
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…
Read moreVisit Britain toolkit will promote accessible tourism
January 26, 2024
Ian Streets
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,…
Read moreReport looks into hybrid working for disabled people
January 19, 2024
Ian Streets
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…
Read moreConsultation urged over access to sport for disabled people
January 12, 2024
Ian Streets
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…
Read moreCall for action over inaccessible social scene
January 5, 2024
Ian Streets
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…
Read moreBSL breakthrough with rail information
December 28, 2023
Ian Streets
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…
Read morePremier Inn apologises to Paralympian
December 19, 2023
Ian Streets
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…
Read moreStadium brings up Changing Places milestone
December 8, 2023
Ian Streets
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…
Read moreCall to raise awareness of BSL concentration fatigue
November 29, 2023
Ian Streets
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…
Read moreVisually impaired tenpin bowlers making a difference
November 22, 2023
Ian Streets
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…
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