Project summary Objective This project seeks to elevate the level of accessibility currently achieved by new school designs. Outputs will include: Clarification and itemisation of existing accessibility requirements of the Educational Facilities, Standards and Guidelines (EFSG). Updated review documentation and processes to ensure existing requirements are being consistently implemented. New accessibility EFSG requirements to include […]

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Asia-Pacific, Built Environment, June 24 2021 AUSTRALIA: The City has put its support behind the national Sport4All program, as one of six Victorian LGAs to sign up to the initial pilot in the state. Sport4All aims to help sporting clubs and schools become more accessible and inclusive to enable people with disability to have choice and […]

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European Disability Forum Supports the New European Bauhas Initiative

Posted on June 23rd, 2021 by Best Brothers Group

As the initiative is related to inclusive architecture and urban planning, it is also connected with accessibility following a Universal Design or Design for All approach.  It is an opportunity to highlight accessibility as part of the wider sustainability debate and mainstream it in architecture and design. In this way, it also relates to Standards, […]

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Accessibility Standards Canada Releases 2020-2021 Annual Report

Posted on June 21st, 2021 by Best Brothers Group

Americas, Built Environment, News, June 21 2021 Accessibility Standards Canada is proud to release its second annual report, which recounts a year that saw real progress in advancing their mandate. The Honourable Carla Qualtrough, Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Disability Inclusion, tabled the report in Parliament on June 18, 2021. The annual report provides a […]

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California’s New Emergency System Aims to Make Beaches More Accessible

Posted on June 18th, 2021 by Best Brothers Group

A strobe light screwed into a case, a 6-volt battery, a switch and Dean’s desire to help people who are deaf or hard of hearing evolved into the Beach Emergency Evacuation Lights System. On Friday, the Los Angeles County Department of Beaches and Harbors launched a BEELS pilot program at Torrance Beach. County officials equipped […]

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Kazakhstan Government to Focus on Inclusive Environment, Education

Posted on June 16th, 2021 by Best Brothers Group

Asia-Pacific, Built Environment, News, June 16 2021 KAZAKHSTAN: According to the Ministry of Healthcare, there are about 705,000 people with special needs including 94,000 children in Kazakhstan. Some 37 centers for adults and 23 for children with disabilities operate nationwide. Overall, more than 500 medical organizations provide inclusive health services. Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev spoke about […]

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Built Environment, Europe, May 25 2021 FINLAND: The Finnish Prime Minister’s Office has commissioned a study on the status and needs of accessibility legislation in Finland. Finland ratified the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in 2016.The agreement mandates non-discrimination and defines accessibility from a human rights perspective as a prerequisite for independent […]

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Africa, Built Environment, May 19 2021 GHANA: Government, in partnership with the World Bank, has handed over twenty thousand (20,000) wheelchairs to the Ghana Federation of Disabilities Organisations as part of ongoing interventions to improve their livelihoods and wellbeing. The manual and powered wheelchairs, to be distributed by the Ministry of Health through the various District […]

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Asia-Pacific, Built Environment, May 4 2021 Australia: A national reform to the construction code would require new houses and apartments to meet minimum accessibility standards, following a push from the ACT government. Most of Australia’s building ministers agreed to the accessibility standards at a national meeting on Friday. The standards would require new homes to […]

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Portugal to Approve Strategy to Boost Inclusion

Posted on April 29th, 2021 by Best Brothers Group

Built Environment, Europe, News, April 29 2021 PORTUGAL: At the opening session of the second day of the high-level videoconference on the European Strategy for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 2021-2030, under the Portuguese presidency of the Council of the European Union, Costa considered the adoption of this instrument as “a milestone in the construction […]

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