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Accessible Tourism Mentoring Program Launched by Destination Gold Coast

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This week saw the launch of a great initiative from Destination Gold Coast.  With funding from the Department of Innovation, Tourism Industry Development a program will be run over the next six months where eight Gold Coast businesses will be mentored through a process enabling them to cater better to the accessible tourism market. Assistant …

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Brisbane Airport Leading the Way in Access

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Brisbane Airport has invested more than $3 million in the past five years implementing its extensive Disability Access Management Plan in addition to the funding for DDA compliance incorporated into other major projects. It’s the first airport in Australia to open a dedicated Changing Places facility for passengers with disabilities.  It’s located on the ground …

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Accessible Housing

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Developers Going Accessible Developers seizing on disability-friendly apartment opportunities as NDIS needs soar By social affairs correspondent Norman Hermant – ABC.net.au For most of the last decade, Amy Pilson could not escape a sense of loneliness and isolation. Amy lives with paraplegia and uses a wheelchair. Her home was a ground unit at her grandmother’s house …

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Disability Awareness Training Can Help Stop Complaints

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It’s worrying that we are still seeing many cases of people being refused service because they have an assistance animal such as a guide dog.  This problem is generally due to a lack of knowledge and could be resolved if more companies provided staff with disability awareness training.   It should be a standard part of …

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Is it time to modernise the wheelchair access icon?

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The current wheelchair access icon has been with us for many years and there is now a debate about whether it should be changed for a more modern look. The International Symbol of Access was designed by Danish student Susanne Koefoed and has been in circulation since 1969. Originally featuring a headless body, it was …

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Study Finds Accessible Travel Large And Lucrative Market

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A study has been undertaken in the US that has found that the accessible travel industry is a large and lucrative market. However travelers with disabilities still face obstacles when trying to find wheelchair accessible accommodation, activities and services.  The same applies here in Australia.  That’s why we continue to build the CanGoEverywhere database of accessible …

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