November 2012 Newsletter
13% of the Irish Population has a Disability according to the Central Statistics Office »
On the 1st November 2012, The Central Statistics Office published a document entitled “Our Bill of Health” which examines in more detail the definitive results of Census 2011 in relation...
Legal case for accessibility – London Borough taken to court by visually impaired person for using the wrong type of tactile paving at crossings »
One of the most recent examples of the legal case for accessibility relates to the London Borough of Newham. The Borough decided to depart from the UK national Guidance on Tactile Paving. A visually...
Do you have a responsibility for implementing accessibility within your organisation? Now is the time to start reviewing and monitoring progress to date and start planning for 2013. »
To ensure you continuously improve the accessibility of your organisation in 2013, it is important that you review and monitor your progress in 2012. This can be carried out in a number of ways...
Launch of research report on shared spaces »
A new research report titled "Shared Space, Shared Surfaces and Home Zones from a Universal Design Approach for the Urban Environment in Ireland" has recently been launched. The publication...
