Disabilities around the World
Clichés, facts and figures about people with special needs. In this category find out about disabilities around the world.
What is the difference between intellectual disability, mental disability and psychiatric disability? How many blind people and low-vision people are in your country? Go beyond clichés about deaf and heard-of-hearing people.
Get to know more about disabled people. You will be surprised!
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Visual disability
How to Maintain Pedestrian Accessibility When Carrying out Street Works?
When street works and road works impact the road network, the design of accessible routes is essential to ensure that everyone, whether disabled or not, can move safely.
physical disability
How to Maintain Pedestrian Accessibility When Carrying out Street Works?
When street works and road works impact the road network, the design of accessible routes is essential to ensure that everyone, whether disabled or not, can move safely.
hearing disability
Public Transport Information Accessibility: 5 Solutions for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Users
Public Transport Information Accessibility: 5 Solutions for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Users "Due to an accident on the track, the metro will be stopped for a few moments, thank you for your understanding", "Line 21 is diverted due to road work, exceptionally the...
mental disability
Urban mobility of the most vulnerable: 5 minutes to understand
Ensuring urban mobility for all is a major challenge. The sidewalks that we walk every day without difficulty can be a source of anxiety and factor of social withdrawal for the most fragile people.
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