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RNID Calls For More Help For Deaf During Heritage Open Days - 24 Hour Museum - official guide to UK museums, galleries, exhibitions and heritage
As Heritage Open Days, the annual celebration of the nation’s heritage, kicks off across the UK today the UK’s foremost charity for the deaf is urging the tourism industry to ensure greater accessibility for the country’s nine million deaf and hard of hearing people.
The Royal National Institute for Deaf People (RNID) says the industry needs to invest in much needed equipment to comply with current disability law and ensure that deaf and hard of hearing people can enjoy the many tourist attractions on offer during the Heritage Opens Days weekend and beyond.
RNID Products, the charity’s not-for-profit retail arm, is recommending a range of devices including portable or installed loop systems which amplify the spoken word for hearing aid users and a specially developed tour guide systems that allow staff to communicate effectively with everyone in the group including those that can’t hear as well as they used to.
“Ahead of Heritage Open Days 2008 we are asking businesses in the tourism industry across the UK to make themselves accessible to deaf and hard of hearing people,” said Mark Catling, Director of Business Development, RNID Products. “A few simple changes can greatly improve a visitor’s experience and ensure they get the most from the venues they visit.”
The V&A is backing the RNID’s plea.
As Heritage Open Days, the annual celebration of the nation’s heritage, kicks off across the UK today the UK’s foremost charity for the deaf is urging the tourism industry to ensure greater accessibility for the country’s nine million deaf and hard of hearing people.
The Royal National Institute for Deaf People (RNID) says the industry needs to invest in much needed equipment to comply with current disability law and ensure that deaf and hard of hearing people can enjoy the many tourist attractions on offer during the Heritage Opens Days weekend and beyond.
RNID Products, the charity’s not-for-profit retail arm, is recommending a range of devices including portable or installed loop systems which amplify the spoken word for hearing aid users and a specially developed tour guide systems that allow staff to communicate effectively with everyone in the group including those that can’t hear as well as they used to.
“Ahead of Heritage Open Days 2008 we are asking businesses in the tourism industry across the UK to make themselves accessible to deaf and hard of hearing people,” said Mark Catling, Director of Business Development, RNID Products. “A few simple changes can greatly improve a visitor’s experience and ensure they get the most from the venues they visit.”
The V&A is backing the RNID’s plea.