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| Enjoy dining at one of 1735 restaurants with disabled access in Melbourne. Check website for other cities in Australia too |
| How to welcome people with disabilities into your show as artists and audience members. How to set up and run an accessible and inclusive festival. |
| I am an Accessibility Consultant specializing in resort business growth and customer attraction through improved overall accessibility and education. I work with businesses and corporations who wish to become industry leaders in accessible travel and accommodation. |
| The struggle for true accessibility continues 42 years after the first wheelchair user studied at USyd. |
| You may recognise me from my ten-year career as a comedian and entertainer. I’m not as involved in comedy as I used to be, but it was a great way to get known! l began my career as a counsellor and social worker. Over the past 15 years I've combined working with people, entertaining and running a consulting business to create innovative ways to work with diversity, creativity and change.
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| Ability First Australia is a national body dedicated to building a better world for Australians living with a disability.
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| Access All Areas helps businesses large & small all over the UK to comply with the DDA (Disability Discrimination Act) via our cost effective disability access audit services. |
| Access Homes is a unique website offering a range of services for people interested in Accessible Living. The people behind Access Homes have had extensive experience with the planning and construction of adaptable and accessible residential developments.
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| Established in 1974, Accessible Housing Society (AHS) is a Calgary-based non-profit organization and registered charity with a mandate to create opportunities for safe, affordable, barrier-free housing for people experiencing mobility problems |
| There's no place like home; and we mean real homes, not nursing homes. We are fighting so people with disabilities can live in the community with real supports instead of being locked away in nursing homes and other institutions.
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| The Australian Network for Universal Housing Design is a group of people and organisations that support and call for universal design for housing.
In particular, the Network supports and calls for
recognition of the needs of older people, people with a disability or chronic illness, and people recovering from illness or injury, who experience exclusion and discrimination by present housing design and construction practices;
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| CCS is New Zealand’s leading provider of support and services to people with physical disabilities. We are also a leading advocate for the rights of disabled people.CCS works in partnership with disabled people, their families and whanau to ensure equality of opportunity, quality of life and an environment that enhances full community integration and participation.CCS exists to make a difference for disabled people, their families and whanau by removing barriers to inclusion and by offering support to disabled people to access all ordinary opportunities in their communities.
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| The CIL supports and empowers people who aspire to achieve beyond the boundaries of the expectations others have placed on them. |
| Visitability is a movement to change home construction practices so that virtually all new homes--whether or not designated for residents who currently have disabilities--offer a few specific features that make the home easier for people who develop a mobility impairment to live in and visit. |
| The Disability History Museum's mission is to promote understanding about the historical experience of people with disabilities by recovering, chronicling, and interpreting their stories. Our goal is to help foster a deeper understanding of disability and to dispel lingering myths, assumptions, and stereotypes by examining these cultural legacies.
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| The Human Rights Commission’s site is a comprehensive look at disability rights and issues. |
| The Government of Western Australia Department of Communities has a Disability Services section which you can browse for items that may be of interest. |
| Disability World is a bimonthly web-zine of international disability news and views dedicated to advancing an exchange of information and research about the international independent living movement of people with disabilities.
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| Building Independence from the Ground Up
Located at a fully accessible transit hub, the Ed Roberts Campus is a national and international model dedicated to disability rights and universal access. |
| Emirates Special Needs LLC is a disability access and special needs consultancy based in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. ESN specializes in:
Disability Access and Mobility Design Guidelines
Project Design Advice
Accessibility and Mobility Assessment Reports
Project Plan Certification
Building Auditing and Building Audit Reports and
Action plans
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| The Disability Etiquette Training Company is dedicated to raising awareness and skill to foster gracious and informed relationships among people of all abilities.
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| Since 2000, EnvironArc has been advising our clients on their BCA and legislative disability access and discrimination obligations. Our capabilities are supported by Australian Accredited Access Consultants and qualified trainers.
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| Independent Living Centres are information resource centres which are located in every state and in ACT. Each centre displays a comprehensive range of products and equipment to assist with daily living activities. Everybody is welcome to use the ILC services, including people with disabilities, older people, their carers, parents, advocates and other service providers, health professionals, architects, builders, suppliers, manufacturers and students. You can try out products and equipment and select those most suitable prior to purchase. |
| The Multicultural Disability Advocacy Association of NSW is the peak body for people from a non-English speaking background with disability and their families and carers in NSW. |
| The Companion Card allows people with a profound disability, who require attendant care for the rest of their lives, to participate in community activities and events without discrimination.
Companion Cards can be presented at participating organisations where cardholders will not be required to pay an admission fee for their companion who is providing attendant care.
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| Achieving justice for disadvantaged, marginalised and vulnerable people.
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| Shape is the country's leading disability arts organisation, we aim to improve access to the arts for deaf and disabled people whilst supporting deaf and disabled artists to challenge perceptions and promote Deaf and Disability Culture. |
| Websites and e-zines devoted to disability research, arts, and activism:
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| Learn about your Fair Housing rights and what to do if you've experienced housing discrimination on the basis of disability. |
| A proactive and authoritative voice for people with disabilities in Northern Ireland. Working for the removal of physical barriers which may limit people with disabilities from participating fully in all walks of life.
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| The Youth Disability Advocacy Service (YDAS) is raising voices, expanding choices and creating change for young people with disabilities in Victoria, Australia.
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| The 'Ouch' section of the BBC website is dedicated to issues affecting disabled people. They have regular columns, features and news about disability matters.
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| Roll on Capitol Hill is United Spinal’s annual legislative advocacy event that addresses issues that impact the health, independence and quality of life of individuals living with spinal cord injuries and disorders. |
| The Global Alliance on Accessible Technologies and Environments (GAATES) is the leading international organization dedicated to the promotion of accessibility of the built and virtual environments and to promoting the Guiding Principles of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), adopted in December 2006. Global Accessibility News is their up to date online news site. |
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