Facilitated access to the beach for people with disabilities
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- Facilitated access to the beach for people with disabilities
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Entrances to the city center beach are equipped with posts for the blind with pictograms Braille directions and wooden ramps. A playground with equipment for children with disabilities is also provided along with umbrellas for sun protection. The city centre beach also offers toilets and showers for people with disabilities and people with mobility impairments can take advantage of bathing chairs at the bathing site (so-called amphibian). The city’s lifeguards have been trained to communicate with people with sight, hearing or multiple disabilities and have acquired methods and techniques for transferring, supporting and assisting people enjoying the bathing sites.Find out more at: https://www.inyourpocket.com/gdansk/travelling-with-a-disability-in-gdansk-sopot_77157f and https://civitas.eu/sites/default/files/webinar_22.02.2016_gdynia_apawlowska.pdf
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