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Athena: Building the Inclusive Tourism Sector in the Czech Republic
Project goal The main goal of the ATHENA project is the creation of conditions and tools for human resources development and employment in the accessible tourism sector in the Czech Republic. This will be achieved by transnational cooperation with EN...
Magnus Berglund: The Man Who Teaches Hotels to Treat Us Like a Guest
The more I learn of Scandic Hotels and their Handikappambassadör / Disability Co-ordinator, Magnus Berglund, the more i want to know about both. Magnus Berglund has been Scandic's Disability Ambassador for six years. Now his work has been featured ...
New Mobility Magazine Person of the Year 2009: Scott Rains
Maybe it is just the approach of Halloween but there is something eerily similar to writing your own epitaph in announcing that one has been awarded a major prize.From New Mobility magazine to Scott Rains:We at New Mobility are impressed with your wo...
Victory in Sri Lanka: Dr Ajith Perera the Peaceful Warrior Leaves a Legacy
SC orders disabled-friendly buildings From the Dail News by Wasantha RAMANAYAKE The [Sri Lankan] Supreme Court yesterday ordered that public buildings to be constructed in the future should be easily accessible to disabled persons. ...
Javed Abidi Nominated for Guardian Achievements in International Development Award 2009
Congratulations to Javed Abidi the first person profiled in the RollingRains.com Leader Profiles section and now candidate for an international development award.From National Centre for Promotion of Employment for Disabled People (NCPEDP):It gives u...
The Think Tank Initiative
Who will take up the think tank role for Inclusive Tourism in South Asia and South America?Think Tank Initiative Invites Expressions of Interest From Institutions in Latin America and South Asia The Think Tank Initiative supports independent policy t...
Meet Sminu Jindal Founder of Svayam
Up Front and Public at the Mexico City Airport: Inclusion in the Temple of Air Travel
Although some may question the author's generous opinion that the Mexican government is "now at the vanguard of the disabled-rights movement in the developing world" the country's leadership certainly deserves recognition for breaking barriers to emp...
UN Disability Convention: CRPD in the USA
Background on today's breaking news as President Obama prepares to sign the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities:The Obama administration can use the opportunity of signing and submitting to the Senate for ratification the Convention...
President Obama's Intention to Sign the Convention on the Rights of Persons With Disabilities
Although the official White House press release is not in circulation yet President Obama plans to sign the CRPD making our rights to travel under Article 30 explicit and thus educating the US travel industry. The following is a pre...
Award for Adolf Ratzka
One day after Sweden assumed the EU Presidency, Stefan Prystawik, EU Coordinator of the European Anti-Discrimination Council - EAC will come to Stockholm to present the 2008 European Citizen Award to Dr Adolf Ratzka of the Independent Living Institut...
O Projeto Rota da Liberdade (Portuguese)
Caros amigos, Informo que o Projeto Rota da Liberdade, do qual faco, foi selecionado entre os 10 melhores projetos do mundo e o unico da America do Sul, como ideia inovadora no turismo, atraves do Geoturism Changemakers. O Projeto......
Ashoka Caroline Casey
In this Social Edge interview from Skoll Foundation's Global X series Caroline Casey talks about confronting "super-crip syndrome" in her own life and describes the loneliness of disability denial . In a moving "coming of age story," she recounts......
Ashoka's (Dis)ability Initiative
Ashoka has a number of influential projects. Voting has begun on the Ashoka Changemaker's Geotourism Challenge. In 2007 a project with broader application to the worldwide disability community was established -- the (Dis)Ability Initiative. It involv...
Invitation: The LEAD (Leadership Exchange in Arts and Disability) Conference
From the he John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts:Consider participating in the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts' 9th Annual Leadership Exchange in Arts and Disability (LEAD) conference and training in Washington, D.C., August ...
Korea: Leadership in Good Design with UD/Green Convergence
The Korea IT Times reports on the 44th Korean Design Exhibition.Representing the best in "Good Design" the event is yet another international-scale manifestation of the user-centered inclusive approach that is both Universal Design and Green."Kamsaha...
Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Torino (FCRT)
In Vancouver it is 2010 Legacies Now and Measuring Up the North that carry the Paralympic Torch already - and will continue to be remembered long after the competition. Spain promises to join that team of global leaders. Simon Darcy......
New Heights Sumitted by Disabled: Reaching the Taj Mahal by Wheelchair!
The Telegraph of Calcutta announces the good news from India: CITHARA PAUL Many people with disabilities who came to see the Taj Mahal could only gaze at it from the entrance. Not any more.The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), custodian......
Everyone Included: Watch This Website!
With experience directing British Columbia's 2010 Legacies Now project Mike Prescott has established EveryoneIncluded.com. We expect Mike's workshops, consulting, and web site to raise the bar on the quality of work being done in Inclusive Tourism - ...
US Airways' Corporate Social Responsibility Initiative
US Airways Education Foundation Invites Applications for Community Education Grant Program The US Airways Education Foundation is seeking grant applicants for its 2009 Community Education Grant Program. The foundation will award grants of $4,000 each...
