Independent Living Institute

Date: 15 May 1998

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Trains and trams entering service after 31 December 1998 will be fully accessible to disabled people under plans set out today by Transport Minister, Glenda Jackson.

In a consultation document, the Government is seeking views on proposed regulations to ensure that the rail industry meets the needs of those with limited mobility under the provisions of the Disability Discrimination Act.

Commenting, Ms Jackson said:

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Part I   Presentation of Organizers

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Preface.

 

Report of the Second International Expert Seminar on Building Non-Handicapping Environments: Renewal of Inner Cities
Prague, October 15-17, 1987

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Presentation of the organizers.

Opening Address by Mr. Bengt Lindqvist, M.P.

CIB/W 84 Background and Purpose by Prof. Sven Thiberg.

Report of the CIB Expert Seminar on Building Non-Handicapping Environments, Budapest 1991

Contents

Report of the CIB Expert Seminar on Building Non-Handicapping Environments, Budapest 1991

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Towards European requirements and guidelines for an accessible built environment:
An analysis of the "European Manual" from the Nordic experience.

Hans Örnhall, Boverket, Sweden

The Center for Independent Living came into existence as a formal entity in March 1972, but its origins extend considerably further back in time and place; on occasion fortuitous circumstance has also played a role.

Abstract

Helping one another: speculative history of self-help movement, Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 60: 452-456, 1979.