Bill on access rights for support dogs heads to plenum
A legislative proposal aimed at ensuring access for support dogs accompanying people into public buildings and public transport is set to be voted on at the House plenum on Thursday.
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Visually impaired in Cyprus rely on just five assistance dogs
Only five of the more than 2,000 visually impaired people currently living in Cyprus have a guide dog, MPs at the House human rights committee heard on Monday as they discussed ...
Service dogs need to be covered by law, say MPs
The need to create laws to ensure the provision of assistance dogs to people with disabilities was agreed during a discussion at the House human rights committee on Monday.
“At ...
People with disabilities ‘humiliated’ when using buses
Prejudice against people with disabilities is rife across Cyprus’ public transport, the association of the blind charged on Thursday.
It accused the transport ministry of being indifferent to the humiliation ...
Nicosia says it respects rights of the disabled
Nicosia municipality on Wednesday sought to defend itself against claims of discrimination and announced a project is underway to make Eleftheria square and the surrounding area friendlier to the blind ...
Larnaca pilots city tour for visually impaired
An innovative tour for the visually impaired has taken place in Larnaca to develop city tours for visually disabled tourists and making the city more accessible.
The tour took place ...
Nicosia pavements ‘a hazard for the blind’ (Updated)
Nicosia municipality on Tuesday denied major projects such as Eleftheria Square were inaccessible to the disabled, saying granite boulders aimed to prevent illegal parking and facilitate pedestrians.
“All the municipality’...
When a dislike of dogs simply goes too far
Uphill struggle to get businesses to allow entry for those needing guide and other assistance dogs
By Bejay Browne
Sander Strijthagen couldn’t believe it when a well-known private Nicosia ...
A Ball for All event sensitises able-bodied athletes
Education Minister Prodromos Prodromou on Monday visited the School for the Blind in Nicosia where a blind football game was organised between visually impaired pupils and abled-bodied young visitors who ...
Two blind children remain at home in row over teaching aides
Citing lack of progress in the case of two blind children who continue not to attend school, the Pancyprian Organisation for the Blind said on Friday that it would ask ...
Nicosia centre revamp ‘didn’t take account needs of the blind’, reparations promised (updated)
The municipality of Nicosia’s recent redevelopment plans for the city centre are discriminatory and have not accounted for the blind, the Pancyprian Organisation of the Blind (Pot) said on ...