At the Corpus Festival in Granada, any child with a disability or special need can enjoy the children’s festival thanks to the accesible attractions promoted by The Accessible City and the business Granada Activa. From activities in which children with reduced mobility can take part, to monitors that communicate in sign language, walking past magnetic […]
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An app making large buildings accessible for the blind
The Granada Exhibition Centre and Conference Hall is becoming the first public Andalusian building which is accessible to the blind, thanks to a ground-breaking system called BeepCon. It’s a system developed by the ONCE Foundation through the business Ilunion Technology and Accessibility. Devices send information from the building’s interest points to an app, thus communicating […]
DisCamino, a journey towards accessibility through the Camino de Santiago
Javier Luque is the father of Antonio, a boy from Cordova with cerebral palsy. Since 2004 they have completed the Camino de Santiago together several times, and from this the project DisCamino was created. DisCamino hopes to facilitate the creation of an accessible route, and their next challenge is the Spanish Vuelta Ciclista.
La Ciudad Accesible: working towards greater accessibility and social inclusion
La Ciudad Accesible, headquartered in Granada, is a non-profit project that works in support of universal accessibility. They were awarded the 2015 European Citizens Prize by the European Chamber in the category of Inclusion. This project is leading numerous protests and has also carried out more than 7,500 free legal advice consultations.