socialmedian: British Internet directory seeks to catalog the accessibility of venues across Europe

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British Internet directory seeks to catalog the accessibility of venues across Europe

Source: Accessibility in the News

Oct 07, 2009

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DisabledGo is an award-winning disability organisation of 9 years standing based in the UK but increasingly operating in Europe. The organisation was founded by Dr. Gregory Burke, a wheelchair user since the age of 16, who wanted to find a practical way to encourage disabled people to access and contribute to their community. DisabledGo is now one of the largest disability organisations in Europe with a turnover larger than the UK's Employers Forum on Disability and comparable with the Royal National Institute of the Blind. The DisabledGo service was born from a two year consultation exercise with disabled people across the UK with a variety of different impairments. The focus of the research was to identify the barriers to involvement and participation. A key barrier was identified as 'not knowing what venues were accessible to a disabled person's individual needs'. From these grassroots beginnings, DisabledGo involved over 800 groups of people with disabilites in designing a venue-survey methodology. This methodology enables DisabledGo surveyors to cap ...Read the full article

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