Contrasting stair marking benefits everyone
Visually impaired people often complain that stairs without contrasting markings appear to be ramps, making them unclear in their approach, unable to determine precisely where the stairway begins and ends and the height of the steps. To illustrate, take a look at the two photos below. Even for people with sharp vision, the steps of […]
The buildings of the future are accessible
Accessibility plays an important role in environmentally conscious building construction criteria. Access4you represents this issue in Hungary. HuGBC interviewed Balázs Berecz, the founder of the organization, which recently joined the Association, on the occasion of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities. (original interview in Hungarian: https://www.hugbc.hu/hirek/a-jovo-epuletei-akadalymentesek/4478) The 3rd of December is the International Day […]
There is a plenty lot of them, it’s time to see them: that’s why accessible Hungary is very important
The company Access4you works to ensure that hotels, restaurants, offices, and office buildings not only feel that it is their duty to ensure people with disabilities can enter but to make everyone happier because of it. Triple interview. Almost half a thousand locations can be clicked on the interactive map, on which the built environment […]
Many people write that this was the best investment of their lives – interview with Krisztina Tóth, Zente’s mother
Three years ago, a country learned the name of the rare genetic disease, SMA, and joined hands so that Zente (then a baby, now a four-and-a-half-year-old big boy!) could receive the most expensive medical treatment in the world. We talked with his mother about Zente’s development, motherhood, responsibility, and unusual everyday life. I think the […]
101 of ESG rankings. Accessibility accounts for more than you think.
How is a company’s ESG rating made? Who is considered a leader or a laggard? How does an accessible environment improve the result? There are parameters of a company’s success and sustainability that go beyond financial metrics. Investors are paying more and more attention to ESG ratings. However, we have to note that today there […]
