Welcome To GAMA In 2012
Welcome to the spring – people seem to be waking up after the winter’s hibernation and are getting prepared for the summer. It is early days but GAMA is beginning to get involved in a few festivals and events for the year.
About Green Access & Mobility Areas
The idea for GAMA came out of the work a group of us who had been supporting both adults and children with disabilities, mobility problems and particular needs, in outdoor community event/festival situations. Many people have been coming to festivals for years, and they now may be disabled or impaired in some way, or, they always had a disability, and believed that camping and enjoying themselves at a festival was impractical.
The 1995 Disability Discrimination Act (subsequently amended by the Disability Discrimination Act 2005) allegedly heralded a new beginning for people with disabilities. The aims of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 are simple – “a society where all disabled people can participate fully as equal citizens”. In practice the Act seeks to ensure that disabled people are treated no less favourably than anyone else...
