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NON-DISCRIMINATION & PARTICIPATION
Information Jugend am Werk
Lendplatz 35, 8020 Graz
Equal Rights and Equal Treatment of People with Disabilities There are many barriers which are excluding people from accessing facilities and in this way are discriminatory against women , men and children with handicaps. The City of Graz offers several points of contact for persons with handicaps (see Info-box on page 84) and Graz makes great efforts to become barrierfree such as investing in lowered pavements, traffic lights with acoustic signals, barrier-free toilet facilities and ensuring barrier-free access to newly built municipal buildings. Many organizations in Graz offer counseling, information and support for people with handicaps. Among them are alpha nova- Services for People with Impairments, Atempo- Center for the Equalization of People with Disabilities, Youth at Work- Support, Promotion and Higher Qualification of People with Disabilities, Lebenshilfe- Interest Representation of People with Learning Disabilities or the Odilien- Institute for Blind and Visually Impaired People. With the Austrian Federation of the Deaf (Österreichischer Gehörlosenbund) as well as the Styrian Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired (Steiermärkischer Blindenund Sehbehindertenverband), there are some representative groups for people with disabilities which advocate the rights and interests of those concerned. More information on the topic of disabilities can be found in the chapter “Social Affairs.” 84
Information Referat Barrierefreies Bauen der Stadt Graz Europaplatz 20, 8010 Graz
+43 316 872-3508 barrierefrei@stadt.graz.at www.barrierefrei.graz.at
Beauftragter der Stadt Graz für Menschen mit Behinderungen Mag. Wolfgang Palle
+43 650 66 92 650 behindertenbeauftragter.graz@gmx.at
Referat für Behindertenhilfe des Sozialamtes der Stadt Graz
Amtshaus, Schmiedgasse 26, 8010 Graz +43 316 872 64 30 bis 64 43 behindertenhilfe@stadt.graz.at
Wohnungsinformationsstelle Amt für Wohnungsangelegenheiten Schillerplatz 4, 8010 Graz +43 316 872 54 53
Hotline des Bundesministeriums für Arbeit, Soziales und Konsumentenschutz +43 800 20 16 11 (toll-free)
alpha nova
Idlhofgasse 63, 8020 Graz +43 316 72 26 22 office@alphanova.at; www.alphanova.at
Zentrum Integriert Studieren (ZIS)
+43 316 380-2225 barbara.levc@uni-graz.at http://integriert-studieren.uni-graz.at
Behindertenbeirat der Stadt Graz
+ 43 650 66 92 650 behindertenbeauftragter.graz@gmx.at
+43 50 79 00 10 00 office@jaw.or.at www.jaw.or.at
Lebenshilfe
Conrad-von Hötzendorf-Straße 37a, 8010 Graz +43 316 71 55 06 office@lebenshilfe-guv.at www.lebenshilfe-guv.at
Odilieninstitut
Leonhardstraße 130, 8010 Graz +43 316 322 667 0 verwaltung@odilien.at www.odilien.at
Österreichischer Gehörlosenbund Plabutscher Straße 63 (West Entrance), 8051 Graz +43 316 68 02 71 1 office@stlvgv.at www.stlvgv.at
Atempo
Heinrichstraße 145, 8010 Graz +43 316 81 47 16 0 atempo.graz@atempo.at www.atempo.at
ÖZIV
Österreichischer Zivil-Invalidenverband Triester Straße 388–390, 8055 Graz +43 316 82 33 46 oezivstmk@aon.at www.oeziv-steiermark.org
Steiermärkischer Blinden- und Sehbehindertenverband Augasse 132, 8051 Graz
+43 316 68 22 40 Hotline „Blindline” +43 800 20 20 71 office@bsvst.at www.stbsv.info
Equal Rights and Equal Treatment of People regardless of their Sexual Orientation As of January 1, 2010, same-sex couples have the possibility to contract a registered partnership at City Hall. (See also chapter “Life situations & Social Affairs.”) Support for people, who feel discriminated against on the grounds of their sexual orientation and would like to have counseling, is offered by the organization Rosalila PantherInnen, Annenstraße 26, Tel.: +43 316 36 66 01, E-Mail: info@homo.at, www.homo.at.
Information and Participation The Office for Citizens‘ Participation (Referat für BürgerInnenbeteiligung) organizes events on projects and plans for the City of Graz, but also for interest groups and individually active citizens. In this way the citizens of Graz have a say in the planning stages of projects of the City of Graz. Citizens who want to start new initiatives can receive counseling on how to go about it, can present themselves on a dedicated website free of charge in order to strengthen their capacity for political participation. Information on the offers and services of the City of Graz can also be found at the website: www.graz.at and in the Citizens’- Information „BIG“ respectively.
Information Referat für BürgerInnenbeteiligung Hauptplatz 1, 8011 Graz
+43 316 872-3531 buergerbeteiligung@stadt.graz.at
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