In the Nizhny Novgorod region, it was decided to update the register of priority facilities for people with disabilities

accessible Environment – not once created mothballed territory, but constantly changing. Which means, locations should be open to change. for example, notes Svetlana Kupolova, employee of the Nizhny Novgorod regional public organization of disabled people "Invatur", these handrails in a rehabilitation and educational institution of social. services for children "Nadezhda", not bad, but not perfect.

This careful approach to adapted objects should not be uncommon., but the ubiquitous rule.

Svetlana Kupolova - NROOI employee “Invatur”:
“You can't imagine a sidewalk without the opportunity to get off it somewhere. And people with disabilities get, what if you somehow hit the sidewalk, you can move out of it somehow. And you have to spin somewhere on this sidewalk. Ie. it must be somewhere in the subconscious, that these are not special conditions for people with disabilities. Ie. this is the norm of life ".

In the Nizhny Novgorod region, it was decided to update the register of priority facilities for people with disabilities and disabilities. Experts will assess such objects. The decision was made at a meeting of the Committee "Children and Adults with Disabilities and Disabilities" of the Council under the Government of the Nizhny Novgorod Region on issues of guardianship in the social sphere.

Olga Nikitina – regional coordinator of the federal project "One Country - Accessible Environment":
“When I communicate with people with disabilities in wheelchairs, they don't speak: ” I have arrived”. They say: ” I came”. Important, so that they communicate, to have an accessible environment "

Priority objects register, which includes, eg, hospitals, social protection, cultural and sports buildings, were from 2013 to 2016. Now this document requires revision taking into account the development of infrastructure over the past years.. Also, the committee will look for gaps, which are in the service delivery system.

Yuri Khabrov – Minister of Social Policy of the Nizhny Novgorod Region: "First of all, we need to analyze that work, which is carried out by various executive authorities in this direction, develop recommendations on how to build this work in the future, evaluate those projects, which are already being implemented in the Nizhny Novgorod region. We have a number of very interesting pilots. ".

The committee focused on the fact, that objects should also be accessible to people with mental disabilities.

 

A source: nntv.tv

Nizhny Novgorod Regional Public Organization of Disabled People “Invatur” Monitoring the availability of Nizhny Novgorod polyclinics “Active movement” within the framework of the subprogram "Support for socially oriented non-profit organizations in the Nizhny Novgorod region"