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Equal Access are one of Melbourne's leading Accredited Disability Access Consultants. We are registered with the Association of Consultants in Access Australia Inc and provide a specialist consulting service throughout Australia to enhance the built environment and to provide "Equal Access" for members of the community with a disability.
This quarters edition of Disability Access Issues looks at the following;
- Special Feature - Tactile ground Surface Indicators
- Emergency Evacuation Plan Workshops
- On My Travels - Casey Homemaker Centre
- Hallam Hotel update.
- International Trends
- Tactile Ground Surface Indicators Installation & Architectural Specifier
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| Special Feature - Tactile Ground Surface Indicators (TGSIs) |
|  This section of the newsletter reviews some installations of TGSIs. It will discuss what is wrong with the installations and explain how they should have been installed. In addition I will outline what ongoing maintenance is required on installations, it's not just a case of set and forget | | TGSI Feature |
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Universal Escape - Information Workshops |
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Planning for ALL staff members Egress Emergency evacuation is a high priority for ALL employers. With the ever increasing likelihood of accidents, fires, flooding and terrorism, emergency evacuation plans need to incorporate all levels of staff abilities. What happens with a staff member with a disability in an emergency?
How do you assist people of differing needs to ESCAPE?
Who is responsible for assisting staff in an emergency evacuation including visiting individuals? universal ESCAPE consults throughout Australia strategically supporting organisations to plan for the emergency evacuation of ALL staff members, including the development of Personal Emergency Evacuation Plans (PEEP's) NEXT INFORMATION WORKSHOP
Tuesday 26 February 2008, 10.00AM
Monash Enterprise Centre
5a Hartnett Close, Mulgrave, Vic. | | Visit Universal Escape Website |
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| On My Travels - Better Access Design |
|  CASEY LIFESTYLE CENTRE
Princes Highway, Narre Warren, Victoria. The Casey was opened approximately 2 years ago. There are a number of significant issues with regards to accessibility that I will outline. It appears there has been very little consideration given to accessibility due to the number of issues. | | Casey Homemaker |
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|  HALLAM HOTEL,
Princes Highway, Hallam, Victoria. In our last newsletter I raised some access issues of the Hallam Hotel, in particular their newly constructed access ramps The good news is they have reworked the ramps, the bad news is they still do not comply to AS1428.1 & .4 . | | More |
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International Trends - UK |
|  £4,000 for disabled student through DDA
A disabled student, denied the right to access the stage to receive a symbolic handshake in his graduation ceremony, has been awarded £4,000 for injury to feelings against Canterbury Christ Church University. | | More |
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| Cad Details & Architectural Specifier |
|  Equal Access Pty Ltd Disability Access Consultants provide free of charge a library of CAD details for use when designing accessible amenity areas to AS1428.1 A full listing of manufacturers and suppliers of products that provide accessibility to the Built Environment are available in the "Specifiers" section of the website. | | Access Specifier |
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|  Access Finder is a FREE internet based service that people can use to find accessible community opportunities from restaurants to support services and is changing the way in which individuals with a disability source information.
Businesses covered include, Accommodation, Cafe's & Restaurants, Employment, Entertainment, Sport & Recreation, Professional Services & Tourisim. | | Visit Access Finder |
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