Info for Disabled/Handicapped, Hearing Impaired and/or Vision/Sight Individuals in Italy

(LAST EDITED/UPDATED: 25 August 2007)

Here are the links for Disabled/Handicapped, Hearing Impaired and/or Vision/Sight Impaired Individuals in Italy:

DISABLED/HANDICAPPED

• Accessible Rome – Source: slow travel italy
• Accessible Rome - Wheelchair Travel
• Accessible Roma – Source: CO.IN. Cooperative Integrate ONLUS
• Accessible Rome – Accessible Italy – Source: Tour-Web
• Disabled Travelers – A.N.T.H.A.I. – (Associazione Nazionale Tutela Handicappati ed Invalidi) – In Italian Only
• For Disabled Travelers to Italy – Source: In Italy Online!
• Information for Handicapped People traveling to Rome – Source: CO.IN. Cooperative Integrate ONLUS
• Rome : Handicap Accessible Reviews – Source: VirtualTourist.com
• Public transport access for the disabled
• Rome in a Wheelchair – Source: travelocity

INFORMATION

• AngloINFO – "Everything you need for life in another country..."
  
• AngloINFO Liguria – "Life on the Italian Riviera, in English!"
• Notes for the Disabled
• AngloINFO Milan – "Life in Lombardy, in English!"
• Notes for the Disabled in Milan and Lombardy
• AngloINFO Rome – "Life in Rome, in English!"
• Notes for the Disabled in Rome & Lazio
  

HEARING IMPAIRED

• A.Fa.M.U.T. (Associazione delle Famiglie dei Minorati dell’Udito Trentine) – is the association of the families of hard of hearing and deaf children in Trentino region – From International Federation of Hard Of Hearing Young People (IFHOHYP)
  
• A.I.E.S. (Associazione Italiana Educatori dei Sordi) – In Italian Only
• F.I.A.D.D.A. (Famiglie Italiane Associate per la difesa dei diritti degli audiolesi) – In Italian Only
• Mobile Care Project for the Hearing Impaired – Technologies for the community – From TIM
• Organisations for hearing-impaired people – In English, French, German, Spanish – From hear-it

VISION/SIGHT IMPAIRED

• International Agency for Prevention of Blindness (IAPB) – VISION 2020 - THE RIGHT TO SIGHT
  
• IAPB Italy (Agenzia internazionale per la prevenzione della cecità Sezione italiana) – The Italian branch of IAPB was founded in 1977 by the Unione Italiana Ciechi (Italian Blind union) and the Società Oftalmolgica Italiana (Italian society of ophthalmologists) – From VISION 2020
  
• A.N.P.V.I. (Associazione Nazionale Privi della Vista e Ipovedenti) – National Association for the Sight-Impaired – In Italian Only
• UIC (Unione Italiana die Ciechi) – Italian Union for the Blind – In Italian Only
• Voice browser for people with impaired sight – Technologies for the community – From TIM
  

SPORTS

• Associazione sportiva dei Baroni Rotti – Sports flying association – In Italian Only
• Comitato Italiano Paralimpico (CIP) – Italian Committee Paralympic – In Italian Only
• SPECIAL OLYMPICS ITALIA ONLUS – Special Olympics Italia – In Italian Only
• SportABILI – Attività Sportive per Persone con Disabilità – In Italian Only
• Associazione di Nuoto per Portatori di Handicap (A.N.P.Ha.) – Swimming Association for the Handicapped – In Italian Only
• Turin 2006 Para-Olympics – IX Paralympic Winter Games 10-19 March 2006 – In English and Italian
• Associazione Subacquei Handicappati Italiani (ASHI) – Italian Handicapped Underwater Diving Association – In Italian Only
• B.I.C. Italia – The Wheelchair Basketball portal – In Italian Only
• Orientamento Sportivo Handicappati - Associazione Sportiva Paraplegici (O.S.Ha. - A.S.P.) – Sports Association for the Paraplegic – In Italian Only

COMMENTS/OBSERVATIONS

• ARTICLE
• How to Travel in Italy with Disabilities or Food Allergies – Source: ItalyLogue – "Italy Travel Guide" – "Part of the BootsnAll Travel Network"

MISCELLANEOUS

• Accessible Travel in Europe - Help for Travelers with Disablilities – Source: About.com
• Deaf and Hearing Impaired Children Europe 2005 – Welcome to this major collaborative European meeting, bringing together Europe’s major organisations for deaf and hearing impaired children.
  
• Handicap & Telematica: l'informazione senza barriere – Source: MC-link– In Italian Only
• Italy literature review (English language version) – ECDL (European Computer Driving Licence) in Italy. IT courses for the sight impaired. – Source: EATT (Equal Access to Technology Training)
• List of Associations and Organizations – Source: ITALY GUIDE – In Italian Only
• List - Associazioni di persone con disabilità – In Italian Only
  
• AUDIES – Associazione nazionale per la lotta alla sordita e la tutela degli audiolesi – In Italian Only
• Society for Accessible Travel & Hospitality (SATH)
  
• TIM PARTICIPATES IN THE EUROPEAN YEAR FOR THE HANDICAPPED – Source: TIM's Press Releases
• Essential travel gear for our travelers – Source: Accessible Journeys, Inc.
  
• VOICE PROJECT - European Commission Joint Research Centre – THE VOICE PROJECT: Giving a VOICE to the deaf by developing awareness of VOICE to text recognition capabilities – In English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese
• SEE ALSO:
• Info for Handicapped and Disabled Travelers going to Italy *, dated Friday, May 18, 2007

* = Blog entry has been updated.

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That's it for Friday, 3 March 2006: venerdì, 3 marzo 2006.

Ciao, Ben

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(LAST EDITED/UPDATED: 25 August 2007)