SETTLING IN - CultureShock! A Survival Guide to Customs and Etiquette - page 179

The city continues to improve conditions for the disabled.
Almost all sidewalks are sloped at the corners for wheelchair
access, and all restaurants opened after 1994 are required to
have wheelchair access.
The Maison Départmentale des Personnes Handicapées
at 69 rue de la Victoire 75009 provides information
relevant to people with physical abilities in Paris (tel:
08.05.08.09.09; email: [e-mail]).
The Paris Tourist Office offers a service Tourisme et
Handicaps (tel: [phone]; http://www.parisinfo.com/
paris-guide/tourisme-handicap/)
The website of the city of Paris also provides information.
(http://www.paris.fr/portail/Solidarites/Portal.lut?page_
id=4947)
Ask at your mairie or at City Hall for the booklet Personnes
Handicapées sur la Culture, les Loisirs, les Sports , which lists
the museums, libraries, and sporting and leisure venues that
are accessible to the handicapped. Information for people
with reduced mobility may also be found on the website
Jaccede (http://www.jaccede.com).
A comprehensive, English-language guide is Access in Paris
by Gordon Crouch and Ben Roberts. It should be available
in bookshops; the website itself is helpful (http://www.
accessinparis.org).
The Travel Resource Center of Moss Rehab Hospital,in
the United States has well-organised information about all
aspects of travel (US tel: [phone]; website: http://
www.mossrehab.com).
Although taxi drivers are obliged to take wheelchair
passengers, there is no guarantee they will do so. Some
companies, however, offer services customised for disabled
passengers. Taxis for weekends or to the airports should be
reserved in advance.
Aihrop; tel: [phone]
G7; tel: [phone]
Taxi Parisiens; tel: [phone]