Topic of the Month September: Disabled Friendly Cities

 
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They are hilly or rather flat, some are located waterside. Towns in Germany have many different faces. However, in the future they will have to meet certain requirements of accessibility.

In the search for a spot that’s wheelchair accessible, one will be lucky if towns’ websites provide him with enough information. Find out more in our Topic of the Month September: Disabled friendly cities.

Moving to a new town may be exciting, but it is exhausting in the first place: Packing up your belongings, lugging them outside. However, finding the right area and place to stay is certainly the hardest part, particularly for people with disabilities. Isn’t it? In order to find out, I decide upon an experiment: I am going to look for cities whose websites provide information that assist wheelchair users in moving houses.
- Click by Click

The proportion of people living in cities is growing worldwide. With the demographic changes increasing numbers of these people will be physically handicapped. This necessitates the planning of towns that are liveable for everybody. Rehacare.de asked Prof. Dr. Iris Reuther, city planner at Kassel University how town planning can help with the integration of disabled people.
- “Cities are Places of Integration”

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