Jan, try doing an internet search about accessibility in vienna. i'm
surprised you waited so long to find out.

~Tamar Mag Raine
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Oakland Mayor's Commission on People with disabilities


> [Original Message]
> From: Jan Nottmeier <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: 12/19/2004 9:40:05 PM
> Subject: Study Abroad in Vienna
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> Hello group, I hope all is well.  I am just curious have you any of you
had
> any experience in travelingto Vienna?
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> I am schuledulled to be going to Vienna with study abroad of the
University
> of Illinois  on Sunday.  I think I may have trouble with curve cuts in
> Vienna and do not know who to ask.  When I first told disability services
of
> my of thoughts of doing study abroad over winter break I made it a point
to
> forward all my emails to both the study abroad services and disability
> services.  I think study abroad thought disability services were helping
me
> and disability services thought study abroad were helping me.  As it turns
> out I was the only one getting information.
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> My major concerns involve the youth hostile I am staying at:  I will be
> staying at a separate youth hostile from the rest of the group.  So, I
will
> have to be getting myself to and from class.  The problem I am most
> concerned of are as I stated above not finding curve cuts.  I do not
think I
> can jump curves and also have a wilily bar on the back.  Add to that the
> possible snow and ice and you see the problem I am facing.
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> Also, how is the accessible public transportation in Vienna?  Also, the
> youth hostel I am staying at has 2--6 beds in each room.  I can dress
myself
> but lets put it this way I crawl around to dress myself I do not know how
> complete strangers will react.  Have any of you had any experience with
> these issues?
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> I have thought of not going many times but if I go I will be the first
> person in a wheelchair to complete study abroad at the University of
> Illinois.  I guess you could say there a lot of pressure on me to go.  A
lot
> of friends in wheelchair at the University keep asking me how's Vienna
> working out.  I really want to go to Vienna   But at the same time I don't
> want to go and be completly helpless in Vienna.
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> I was born in Germany and know the language.  So that should not be a
> problem.  I thought if I got into trouble I could contact my family in
> Europe but a lot of them are old and some have not been as helpful then I
> had hoped.
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> Thanks for any information!
>
> Jan
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> Then, I look at other people and realize my life is not half bad...