Disability Contacts
Apart from the Tour Organisers listed under ‘TRAVEL and TOURS’ above, the following are some useful disability contacts:
Eco-Access is an organization that strives to promote access to the natural environment for all people and to promote interaction between disabled and non-disabled people. They follow a policy of INTEGRATION not segregation.
Eco-Access
Tel: (011) 477 3676
Fax: (011) 477 3675
E-mail:
Website: www.eco-access.org
The QuadPara Association of South Africa (QASA)
National Director: Ari Seirlis
P O Box 2368
Pinetown
3600
Tel: 031 767 0348 / 767 0352
Fax: 031 767 0584
Nat Dir Mobile: 083 676 5064
Email:
Web: www.qasa.co.za
"Rolling out Vision & Success for Quadriplegics and Paraplegics"
GAUGE is an architectural practice that specialises building performance, including access consultancy. GAUGE offers the following access consultancy services: design appraisal, environmental access audits, facilities management support, advice on access-related legislation, workplace assessment and house adaptation and technical support. Contact Amanda Gibberd for further information.
NEAP, the National Environmental Access Programme, was inaugurated in April 1993, as a programme of Disabled People South Africa. It voices the concerns of disabled people about the inaccessibility of the built environment, specifically with regard to public access and transport facilities. For more information on NEAP or to get involved in our projects, please contact us.