Diritti Diretti, an Italian NGO, organizes the national award “ACCESSIBLE TOURISM – Journalists, communicators and advertisers overcome barriers” to share the good practices on accessibility that already exist in Italy and that have become the founder of the concepts of attractiveness, innovation, aesthetics and sustainability.
Month: June 2019
At midnight on May 14th the votes for the 2018/2019 edition of the ACCESSIBLE TOURISM Prize were closed and with 240 votes WE WON!
On the morning of Thursday 2nd May 2019 the Primary School Elena Lucrezia Cornaro Piscopia in Volparo (province of Padua, Italy) was dyed yellow.
It was not the first time that this radiant color invaded a primary school. Just a year ago, at the school Maria Boschetti Alberti in Piove di Sacco (Padua, Italy), yellow had a leading role.
Accessibility as a resource for social integration and territorial development.
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On the May 30th, during the Biennale Spazio Pubblico we participated in the “Network for Soft mobility and city accessible to all” working table. Comparisons, orientations and perspectives from the territory” promoted by INU-Urbit with FIABComuniCiclabili and Touring Club Italiano.
We’re all on the same boat. Crew and Sponsors of Even Neptune Like It Yellow.
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Some weeks ago we started to work es on the organization of this ambitious project which will see a group of blind, visually impaired and normal sighted sail from 24 to 31 August from Naples to the Island of Elba, passing by Ischia, Ponza and the Argentario.
NaviLens, a pioneering and universal guidance system for blind and visually impaired people
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In our post Apps and devices for blind and visually impaired people we listed several option that can help blind people with mobility and navigation, but we believe that what you will read below is one of the most effective and low cost systems to make information accessible for all.
Metal Goes Yellow
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A few days ago a metal band has dedicate two concerts in support NoisyVision.
They distributed flyers to the people inviting them to make a donation.
What does metal have to do with NoisyVision?
Above all, what does metal have to do with yellow?
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Dehradun pool forced to grant equal access to disabled adults after official intervention
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June 27, 2019 Some great news coming from Dehradun where following the intervention of the Uttarakhand Disabilities Commissioner, a local swimming academy has agreed to…
In withering assessment, Adass says sector in England is adrift in a ‘sea of inertia’