Archival Website of ACCESS EXCHANGE INTERNATIONAL

Accessible Transportation Around the World

Access Exchange International (AEI) is a non-profit agency promoting accessible public transport for persons with disabilities and seniors in low-income regions around the world. Our current focus is on the neglected need for transportation to and from school for children and youth with disabilities.

Notice to practitioners and researchers in the field of inclusive transportation

The publications and newsletters of Access Exchange International (AEI) have been a unique source of information on the work of agencies in our field around the world. This website provides access to these publications. We have also issued some sixty newsletters totaling nearly 500 pages of documentation focused on the development of public transport for persons with disabilities, seniors, and other vulnerable groups in low-income regions. Researchers and others interested in accessing detailed information are invited to contact Tom Rickert, the founder and retired Executive Director of AEI, at tom@globalride-sf.org.

Newsletters since 2005 are posted in English and Spanish on this archival website. We also plan to provide access on request by researchers to our newsletters between 1990 and 2005, all of which contain articles about work by different agencies in many countries.

We encourage readers to go to https://mobilityworldwide.org, the website of Mobility Worldwide, for current resources on both personal mobility aids as well as public transport. AEI's recent publications in English and Spanish are also posted at this source and we encourage contributions to this agency.


AEI's latest report: Hispanic Children with Disabilities: Recommendations on School Transportation in the United States and Mexico

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Videos promote transportation to school for students with disabilities

We invite our readers to share these films with friends and colleagues in the worlds of education and transport. We welcome everyone's comments.

Permissions by participants in videos are on file at BECA, SFSU, San Francisco

AEI's guide to promote school transport in developing countries

Cover for Bridging the Gap guide By improving transportation to and from school, more children with disabilities will attain the knowledge and skills to enable them to be productive and independent adults within a more inclusive society.

English version: Bridging the Gap:Your role in transporting children with disabilities to school in developing countries (2.5 MB PDF)

Higher-Resolution Version of Guide (6.9 MB PDF)

Spanish version: Salvando la Brecha

Hindi version: https://svayam.wordpress.com/resources (courtesy of Svayam)

Chinese version (courtesy of Eden Social Welfare Foundation, Taiwan)

Japanese version: http://www.npo-hop.org (courtesy of NPO Center for Independent Living-HOP)

Cover design by Eli Noyes, Alligator Planet LLC

School transportation materials for education and transport officials
in a time of pandemic

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Posters and flyers for parents and schools (in English and Spanish)

We thank Eli Noyes of Alligator Planet, LLC, for preparing these posters and flyers for Access Exchange International.

Carteles/Posters

Llevemos a los niños con discapacidad a la escuela

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Let's get children with disabilities to school

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¿Mi hijo con necesidades especiales tiene derecho a ir a la escuela?

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Does my child with special needs have a right to go school?

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Facilitar el camino hacia la escuela

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Parents and communities can help smooth pathways to school

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Volantes para distribución a padres de niños con discapacidad o para educadores / Flyers for distribution to parents of children with disabilities or to educators

Los padres de familia y las escuelas pueden trabajar en conjunto para ayudar a los niños a llegar a clases

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Parents and schools may work together to help children get to school

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Comienze un Caminab&‌uacute;s para ayudar a sus hijos a llegar a la escuela, seguros

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Start a 'walking school bus' to help your kids get to school safely

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Vuélvase un guardián de tránsito voluntario y ayude a niños a llegar y salir de la escuela de manera segura

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Be a volunteer crossing guard, help kids get to and from school safely

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El entrenamiento de viaje para estudiantes puede ampliar sus opciones de transporte

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Travel training for students can expand their transport options

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Las familias pueden cooperar para adquirir y conducir un vehículo para llevar a sus hijos a la escuela

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Sometimes families can cooperate to purchase and operate a vehicle to take their children to school

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Las familias pueden cooperar para adquirir y conducir un vehículo para llevar a sus hijos a la escuela

Para los países donde se utilizan a menudo los “vehículos de tres ruedas"

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Sometimes families can cooperate to purchase and operate a vehicle to take their childres to school

For countries which often use "3-wheelers"

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