Tag: Accessibility
Crime scenes and police calls in the future with sign language – media
To communicate, they use their bodies: their hands, arms, head and upper body, but also their mouth and facial expressions. Deaf and hearing-impaired people can communicate with each other and…
Injured soldiers in Ukraine: First injured, then isolated
report As of: September 9, 2023 11:41 a.m Hardly any ramps or elevators, many potholes and stairs – Ukrainians in wheelchairs can hardly move freely. The country has so far…
Monument protection and mobility: With the rickshaw over the cobblestones
Status: 09.08.2023 04:32 Many East German cities have been renovated since the 1990s. In Angermünde in Brandenburg, the city center is now a listed building. But the cobblestones are a…
Accessibility: “Lego Grandma” knows how to solve obstacles
Rita Ebel has been in a wheelchair herself since a car accident. She knows the obstacles for wheelchair users in everyday life – but she doesn’t let them stop her.…
Bavaria fails to meet its own accessibility goals – Bayern
Although the state government has missed the goal it set itself in 2013 of making Bavaria completely barrier-free within ten years, Social Affairs Minister Ulrike Scharf (CSU) sees the state…
Accessibility of the train: There is no train to nowhere
As of: 07/15/2023 6:27 p.m Anyone who relies on buses and trains in rural areas has a hard time. The buses run too seldom, train stops are suspended in the…
Neo and direct banks are weak when it comes to accessibility
Status: 06.07.2023 1:06 p.m Almost 50 percent of Germans have an account with a neobank or direct bank. However, an evaluation by the consumer advice centers shows that these are…
What travelers with wheelchairs or prams experience on the train
Status: 05.07.2023 8:13 a.m Long-term delays and cancellations put many people off rail travel. But those who are traveling on the train with a wheelchair, a pram or with a…
What travelers with wheelchairs or prams experience on the train
Status: 05.07.2023 8:13 a.m Long-term delays and cancellations put many people off rail travel. But those who are traveling on the train with a wheelchair, a pram or with a…
Accessibility in Bavaria: What makes everyday life difficult for disabled people – Bavaria
Bavaria should be barrier-free by 2023. It’s still a long way from that. Those affected report in the state parliament how thresholds or a missing e-mail address exclude them from…