WELCOME TO THE EBU MEMBERS NEWSLETTER
This monthly newsletter in English is to inform EBU members and partners
of key issues within our community and share good practices and it is
also available as a word document [1]. It is produced thanks to the
financial support of the European Commission. We hope you enjoy reading
it, and we welcome your comments and feedback.
OUR CAMPAIGNS
CAMPAIGN UPDATES [2]
News from our ongoing campaigns at European level.
ACCESSIBILITY
THE 13TH EBU ACCESSCAST! [3]
Welcome to the 13th episode of the EBU Access Cast [4], this time hosted
by Paweł who is joined by Tanja, Mario and Bart to discuss all that
happened in July in assistive technologies.
PERSONAL STORIES OF A BLIND AIR TRAVELLER. [5]
(sent in reply to a request for information on accessibility of
airports)
EMPLOYMENT
BELGIUM - TOO MANY OBSTACLES TO THE LABOUR MARKET FOR VISUALLY IMPAIRED
PEOPLE [6]
In the second week of September, Brailleliga will focus on employment
during a Campaign week. Last summer we conducted a survey about the
employment of visually impaired people among our members. The study
showed that this group is still too often confronted with mobility
problems, prejudices, insufficient knowledge of the disability and a
non-adapted working environment.
NEWS FROM EBU MEMBERS
E-SCOOTERS IN AUSTRIA – AN AWARENESS RAISING INITIATIVE [7]
As we all know, e-scooters and bikes are tripping hazards for blind and
partially sighted people - which is why the Federation of the Blind and
Partially Sighted in Vienna, Lower Austria and Burgenland started it's
first campaign to raise awareness for this issue on a highly frequented
square in Vienna.
AUDIO-MENU IN A SCOTTISH RESTAURANT [8]
Edinburgh restaurant, The Huxley, has launched an audio-menu for blind
and partially sighted customers in partnership with the Royal National
Institute of Blind People Scotland.
ISRAEL - EMPOWERED AND ENFRANCHISED – LEGALLY BLIND VOTE UNAIDED. [9]
Of the 24,000 legally blind in Israel 22,000 have the democratic right
to vote in Israel's national elections in addition to thousands more
with visual impairment. However, until this year their votes have not
been secret as they needed someone to accompany them in the election
booth in order to identify and place the small voting slip with their
chosen party's name in the envelope prior to placing it in the ballot
box.
EBU Central Office
6 rue Gager-Gabillot, 75015 Paris, France [10]
E-mail:ebu@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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