November 1

Facilities in Brighton

Britain is one of the birthplaces of the disability rights movement. Its legislation on disability rights such as barrier-free has been quite perfect. The law has long stipulated that all buildings must be barrier-free, including being able to allow wheelchair access. For the first time, UK law covered barrier-free facilities was the chronic diseases and disability act of 1970, which for the first time allowed disabled people equal access to new public buildings and places to study and work. The law also strengthens the role of local governments in adapting to the family, once emphasizing social care. For the first time, the act also required builders to provide disabled people with access to buildings and inside them, as well as special instructions for parking or access to toilets. The persons with disabilities act of 1979 required the local planning bureau, when approving planning permission, to remind developers of the relevant provisions of the 1970 merger and the relevant design guidance, and to encourage planners to negotiate with applicants on the provision of access and facilities for persons with disabilities.

So nowadays in the UK, Road junctions are generally sloped, with warning blind lanes. Barrier-free buses are popular in cities. 90% of buses in Brighton are barrier-free and low-riding buses equipped with lift and wheelchair.

 

Generally, there is a lifting platform in the train entrance and exit station. The voice prompt and video prompt in the station work for the blind and the hearing-impaired at the same time. Barrier-free facilities is also very science and technology, in order to satisfy the disorder to the desires of the family friend talking.

Specially designed for disabled people, the elevator is wider, and the button of the elevator is very low, can be touched with a hand, very convenient. In some of the supermarkets, shopping trolleys with wheelchairs are provided for those disabled people.

 

Brighton has imposed fines ranging from 30 to 60 pounds for the use of disabled parking Spaces in reference to parking violations.

    

At school. It is very convenient for disabled people who sit in wheelchairs to get in or out different places, such as the toilets, the computer pools, the Students Centre and the main doors of every building. As for the blind people, there are some Braille Alphabets on the middle of the door of the toilets, in order to remind them.

 

 

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Posted November 1, 2018 by Fen Wu in category Uncategorized

2 thoughts on “Facilities in Brighton

  1. Nancy Carter

    The bus driver was very kind to demonstrate the facilities for you. Are buses in China equipped with ramps like these?

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    1. Fen Wu (Post author)

      In my city of Jiangxi Province( in the middle of China), I have never seen such convenient facilities for disabled people. however, there are several seats reserved for the disabled, the old, the sick and the pregnant. but the disabled are rarely seen in the bus. I guess maybe because it is inconvenient for them in the public.

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