A picture might paint a thousand words, but every single word counts in a captioned performance. This week marks the 15th anniversary of Stagetext, and to celebrate they are holding the first ever Captioning Awareness Week from the 9th-15th November 2015. With 1 in 6 people in the UK being hearing impaired or hard of hearing, this awareness ca...
Get in the loop - Top attractions for hearing impaired visitors
Great conversation, good music, incredible speeches, inspirational lectures, helpful advice…there’s a lot to be heard; but around six million adults in the UK are living with hearing loss or impairment and have a very different listening experience from those with full hearing capacity. That’s why this week is dedicated to Hearing Loop Awarenes...
There’s something eerie in the air, and with pumpkins gleaming in shop windows and black cats on the prowl - it can only mean one thing…it’s Halloween! Get into the spirit of things this All Hallows Eve and join in some of the spooktacular sessions going on up and down the UK…are you brave enough?
1. Halloween Fright Night!
Fuse Halloween with...
The Rugby World Cup 2015 has kicked off and passionate fans everywhere are tuning in to this year’s unpredictable and action-packed matches. Where are you going to be as the tournament unfolds? Don’t miss out on the All Blacks’ new haka formation - read on to find out where you and your friends can go to watch the game without worrying about ac...
Wednesday sees the London launch of Why Not People? - a brand new members' club. Founder Jameela Jamil says: "Why Not People? Ignores the notion of limits and discrimination and caters to all people from all walks of life. It is a chance for us all to party with the people we should have partied alongside all along. With accessible venues, th...
Created in 1992, International Day of Persons with Disabilities aims to raise awareness of the issues faced by disabled people across the world.
“On this day in which we remind ourselves of the situation of persons with disabilities around the globe, it is important, first of all, to resist the temptation to think in terms of ‘us’ and ‘them’....
As winter fast approaches, we have put together a list of our favourite accessible attractions in London and details of some exciting events they are hosting over the next couple of weeks.
1) The London Eye has a ‘Frosty Guided Experience’ which includes cocktails and nibbles in an especially decorated capsule. A guide will also be available t...
In a follow up to our earlier post on accessibility at Rosa Khutor, Euan’s Guide’s Antonia shares her experiences of some of the Alpine Skiing events in the Sochi 2014 Paralympics. (NB for explanations of the events check out our previous blog article in which we looked at the four Alpine Skiing disciplines - Slalom, Giant Slalom, Super-G and...
Antonia from the Euan’s Guide team has been in Russia this week. In this blog, she gives her thoughts on the Paralympics and her passion - Alpine Skiing.
So… Fast forward 3 flights, 4 airports and a rather exciting taxi ride and this story takes up in Rosa Khutor. Home to the Alpine & Cross Country skiing events in the Sochi 2014 Olympic...
In our latest blog we’re looking at the upcoming Paralympics - with the Opening Ceremony mere hours away we take a quick peek at what’s happening over in Russia in the Caucasus Mountains in the upcoming days…
First - a bit of history… The first Winter Paralympics were held in Ornskoldsvik, Sweden in 1976. Back then there were a total of 200 ath...
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