DisabledGo.info
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| 12:07 UK time, Thursday, 11 May 2006
is a very visually impaired friendly national access guide. By making a couple of simple choices, you can find out easily whether a pub in your area is accessible to a wheelchair user, whether a cinema can offer a hearing loop, whether a hotel offers adapted rooms, and if a restaurant offers menus in large print or Braille.
The site promises to research every venue in person and on site, and involve disabled people from start to finish.
Greg Burke, the founder of DisabledGo, is a wheelchair user himself.
"DisabledGo was founded to empower disabled people to judge for themselves which venues are suitable for their own individual needs.
"It's about putting the control where it should have always been - with disabled people themselves."
The site is supported by Marks & Spencer.
Comments
Please, Please can DisabledGo look into the apalling problems for motorised wheelchair (scooter style)users on the rail network.
Until a few years ago it was possible to travel fairly freely.
There seems to be a collective view that a wheelchair user must be able to drive or propel a wheelchair.
I am too old to do this,I do not drive and as I live alone, so I am totally self reliant when it comes to travel. This only becomes a problem when I want to leave London.
Rail companies seem to be no help in deciding their policy, or it varies between one comapany or another.
As a large person, I need a fairly large chair, but this often prevents accesses on the basis that it is too large.
This has already been highlighted in "Getting There" the London transport paper. It would be helful if some readily available information was forthcoming.