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ANNUAL REPORT 2014
OUTCOMES OF ACCESSIBILITY INSPECTIONS
The accessibility inspections of the motorway picnic areas ‘Antvorskov Nord’,
‘Rønninge Nord’ and ‘Nørremark’ resulted in a number of recommendations to the
Danish Road Directorate on, among other things, signposting, parking and eating
spaces and lavatory facilities at the three picnic areas. The Danish Road Directorate informed the Ombudsman subsequently that the Directorate would inspect
the other motorway picnic areas on its own initiative based on the Ombudsman’s
recommendations.
The accessibility inspection of the upper secondary school ‘Rosborg Gymnasium
& HF’ resulted in a number of recommendations on accessibility and parking
facilities, among other things, together with recommendations on marking of
doors and other glass fronts, access to the school’s yard and stage, the design of
the school’s lecture room and signposting with information about the tele-loop
system.
In 2013, the Ombudsman carried out accessibility inspections of four polling stations in two municipalities in connection with the municipal election. The Ombudsman’s final reports, which were completed in 2014, contained recommendations
on signposting, parking facilities, accessibility and lavatory facilities, among other
things. The inspections also resulted in recommendations on the design of the
polling stations and the voting booths and on the facilities for election officials.
In addition, the Ombudsman’s visits caused one of the municipalities involved to
carry out a general inspection of all polling stations in the municipality based on
the Ombudsman’s recommendations.
In 2013, the Ombudsman also carried out an accessibility inspection of the Copenhagen University Hospital, ‘Rigshospitalet’. The Ombudsman’s final report, which
was completed in 2014, contained recommendations in regard to accessibility,
signposting and lavatory facilities, among other things.
More information about the Ombudsman’s work on equal treatment of persons
with disabilities and reports on accessibility inspections carried out by the institution can be found (in Danish only) at www.ombudsmanden.dk/handicap.
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