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Vienna
For Visitors With Disabilities
The Vienna
Tourist Board's guide Accessible
Vienna -Vienna
for visitors with Disabilities is a general
city guide for the disabled with information about Hotels,
Sights, Opera / Theater / Concert, Cinemas, Restaurants with Menus
for Visually Impaired, Airport,Train, Underground, Streetcar, Bus,
Information and Advice, Wheel Chair Rentals, Orthopedics,Vacation
dialysis, Special Transport, City Tour and Public Restrooms.
Visiting
Austria With A Guide Dog
Underground,
Streetcar And Bus Access For People With Disabilities
Persons with
disabilities can make use of Vienna's public transportation service
only to a limited degree. Vienna's underground stations are better equipped.
Public
Wheelchair-Accessible Restrooms In Vienna
Bizeps (Behindertenberatungszentrum
Bizeps)
Our centre
exists since 1994. We are a group of independent-living disabled
activists who, in accordance with the philosophy of the international
independent-living movement, strongly believe that concerning our
needs and claims it is we who can best speak for ourselves. Our aim
is to improve the qualitiy of living for disabled people and to fight
for equal rights in our society. We offer Counseling to enable and
encourage people with disabilities to actively change and improve
their lives. Furthermore we are also politically active in that we
articulate our claims and raise our voices against any kind of discrimination.
Disabilityworld.org
e-zine of the
International Disability Exchanges and Studies (IDEAS) Project 2000-2004
Fahrtendienst
We specialize
in transporting people with wheelchairs and disabled persons.
Information
for the Deaf
Emergency
Services Number
Deaf persons
and those with hearing disabilities can use emergency number
088/133133 to send a fax or SMS when they need help. The interior
ministry and Vienna police have cooperated on this initiative. The
ministry will establish a "technical platform," and large
Austrian network-providers will cooperate in ensuring the
transmission of such faxes and SMSes throughout the country.
Austrian
Union of Deaf People
Mrs. Helene Jarmer
E-Mail: hjarmer@aon.at
Handspeak
A practical
Sign Language Online Dictionary
Information
for the Blind
Austrian
Blind Union
Communication
and meeting center for blind, visually handicapped and sighted people.
Visiting
Austria With A Guide Dog
Hotbraille.com
Here you can
send Braille letters, learn more about Braille, and meet other people
who share your interest in Braille.
Federal
Institute for the Education of the Blind
Founded in
1898, the Bundes-Blindenerziehungsinstitut is the oldest and biggest
school for the blind in Austria. |
