SINGAPORE: Mr Alister Ong travels frequently for work and to volunteer but using a wheelchair because of cerebral palsy means he has to make extra preparations. 'I'll need to inform the airline earlier because it gives them ample notice for them to inform the ground staff as well. For ex
SINGAPORE: Mr Alister Ong travels frequently for work and to volunteer but using a wheelchair because of cerebral palsy means he has to make extra preparations.
“ how to manoeuvre the wheelchairs … We have to go up and down the ramps, how to go into lifts, how to move the passenger from the seat on to the wheelchair,” she told CNA, adding that they also learn how to operate other equipment. Mr Albert Lim, group senior vice president of Airport Operations Planning at Changi Airport Group , said CAG is working very closely with the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority to implement the special assistance lanes across all four terminals by the first half of next year.
This was based on a survey of 3,500 people with disabilities conducted by the Valuable 500, a global business collective of 500 CEOs and their companies. National University of Singapore student Malika Joshi, who is doing a Master of Arts in Architectural Conservation with a focus on universal accessibility, is trying to improve things.She is starting with making her department’s Architectural Conservation Laboratory , located in a conserved building on Neil Road, more accessible.
Ms Malika is planning to install a lift or platform lift at the back of the courtyard to improve accessibility.Together with her supervisors, she will share their suggestions with the relevant authorities, as part of a broader effort to make over 7,200 conserved buildings and structures in Singapore more accessible.
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