Additional links
- Berlin for blind and visually impaired persons: http://berlinfuerblinde.de/
- Accessible tours in the national museums: smb.museum
Smartphone apps that are useful for people with disabilities:
The bluespot City Guide Berlin: A city guide with transportation information which also shows the nearest wheelchair accessible City Toilet of the Wall company. Available for iPhone: https://itunes.apple.com/app/bluespot-city-info/id560122086?mt=8 and Android https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.wall.bluespot&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwyLDEsImRlLndhbGwuYmx1ZXNwb3QiXQ
Notruf-App: This app makes it possible to place emergency calls without phoning and is therefore especially suitable for the deaf. Available for iPhone (https://itunes.apple.com/de/app/handhelp-emergency-sos-app/id1001987648?mt=8) and Android https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.asnug.handhelp)
Wheelmap: the online map for wheelchair accessible places with approximately 650,000 places is available for iPhone (https://itunes.apple.com/de/app/wheelmap/id399239476?mt=8), Android (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.wheelmap.android.online) und Windows (https://www.microsoft.com/de-de/store/apps/wheelmaporg/9nblggh6chrr)
A travel guide in sign language: a cooperative project has created a Berlin city guide in German sign language. The app no longer seems to be available for iPhone, but Android users can find it in the Playstore: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.kopfhandundfuss.dgsberlinreise
Associations and Self-Help Organizations
- Berlin Association for People with Disabilities: Berliner Behindertenverband “Für Selbstbestimmung und Würde e.V.” http://www.bbv-ev.de/
- SoVD Landesverband Berlin-Brandenburg e.V. www.sovd-bbg.de
- Sozialverband VdK Berlin-Brandenburg http://www.vdk.de/berlin-brandenburg/ – You can get a Eurokey for the City Toilets (and for many more public toilets in Germany and other places in the EU) here: http://www.vdk.de/berlin-brandenburg/pages/service/69391/euro-toilettenschluessel
- Fürst Donnersmarck Stiftung http://www.villadonnersmarck.de/
- Sinneswandel gGmbH (for deaf and hearing impaired persons in Berlin) http://www.sinneswandel-berlin.de/
- Sozialwerk der Hörgeschädigten Berlin e. V. www.hoergeschaedigte-berlin.de (for deaf and hearing impaired persons)