April 2014 Newsletter
Universal Design standard wins UN award at the 2014 Zero Project Conference »
Under the motto “No one can enjoy a human right to which one does not have access,” The Zero Project Conference took place in Vienna from the 27th to 28th February 2014. The international...
Making Workplaces accessible for people with disabilities »
According to the European Disability Forum, 75% of people with severe disabilities do not have the opportunity to fully participate in the European labour market and Persons with disabilities do not...
Buildings and environments should be inclusive, accessible and usable, but who is responsible and what does that really mean? »
According to The Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment in the UK 'Inclusive design is about making places everyone can use. The way places are designed affects our ability to move,...
Results of an International Survey on Accessible Transportation and Mobility published »
The Global Alliance on Accessible Technologies and Environments (GAATEs) established a Transportation Committee in 2013. The first tasks of the new committee were to ask people with disabilities...