Tickets Please Pads;
to aid those with communication difficulties
Bus Hailer,
visual impairments,
Typetalk;
hearing and speech impaired phone service,
The Birmingham Disability Resource Centre
Centro produced a note pad to assist people with communication difficulties to buy bus or train tickets. The pad contains 50 tear-off slips, each stating that the bearer may have a speech or hearing impairment. The user completes the slip with the required ticket information, and hands it to ticket seller. After the payment a ticket will be issued. The Tickets Please pad is only available to West Midlands residents. To receive a free Tickets Please Pad: Tel: 0121 214 7214 Email: [email protected] | Centro designed the new Bus Hailer to aid people who, due to visual impairments, can have problems distinguishing an approaching bus from other vehicles, by enabling users to show the bus service number they want to catch. The Bus Hailer is A5 size and has large black tactile number with Braille on a bright yellow background that can be ''flipped'' round to show the required bus service number. Bus drivers can spot the Bus Hailer from a distance, and it informs them that the person is waiting to catch the bus, and is useful at locations where more than one bus uses the same stop. This is available to Birmingham and West Midlands Residents. To receive a free Bus Hailer: Tel: 0121 214 7214 Email: [email protected] or they are available from Birmingham Focus on Blindness 48 Woodville Road, Harborne, Birmingham, B17 9AT, Tel: 0121 478 5217 Email: [email protected] Web: www.birminghamfocus.org.uk |
RNID Typetalk provides the link between the hearing or speech impaired person using their textphone and the hearing person using their telephone. This link is a trained RNID Typetalk Operator who understands the needs of deaf and speech impaired people and provides a discreet and confidential service.
Using RNID Typetalk is free. The only cost are the standard rates charged by textphone & telephone users phone service provider.
Using the following prefixes before number, users can make calls to or from a textphone quickly and conventionally.
The prefixes are:
18001 - for all calls made from a textphone
18002 - for all calls made from a textphone by hearing people
18000 - For text users in an emergency
The full UK area code (eg 0121) must be used even for local calls.
The BDRC also provides a range of services to support voluntary and community sector organisations, employers and businesses.
Services:
- An information and advice service covering a wide range of disability issues
- Benefits advice and support
- Support groups and activities for the disabled
- A youth club
- Information, advice and guidance on employment, training and learning opportunities
- Voluntary and work experience placement for disabled people
- Fully accessible ICT facilities, conference facilities and meeting rooms
- A base for Strawberry Studios, a Local Authority funded training facility operating a cafe/restaurant and delivery service run by learning disabled people
THe BDRC also provides training with an emphasis on disability equality which enable organisations and employers to become more aware of their duty under the Disability Discrimination Act (1995), including;- Disability Equality Training
- Disability Discrimination Act Training
- Access Audits
- Consultancy services such as advice & guidance on working practices, policies and procedures to help identify and remove barriers faced by disabled people
Contact:
BDRC,
Bierton Road,
Yardley, Birmingham,
B25 9PQ
Tel: 0121 789 7365
Email: [email protected]
For disability Access issues in Birmingham;
Access Officer - Graham Mitchell
Tel: 0121 303 1115
Email: [email protected]