Cheryl Weisz | 
04 5th, 2011| 
According to the London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games, accessible tickets would be available for every price category, sports session, and venue. They include seats nearer to the action, exits, and information screens, as well as companion and wheelchair spaces.
Disabled people can apply online in LOCOG’s site. They may also apply using a paper form from the Bank of Scotland in Scotland, libraries in Northern Ireland, and Lloyds TSB in England and Wales. They will be able to request for accessibility requirements like a seat on the end of a row if they need extra room, a seat down the fewest steps for those who find stairs difficult, a seat near the front if they are visually impaired , or a seat with a direct view of information screens if they are deaf or hearing-impaired.
Those who have a necessity for a mobility scooter or wheelchair space, including a companion space, can request one online. If they use their application form to ask for tickets for accompanying family and friends, they will get seats as close by as possible.
LOCOG has also announced details of its Ticketcare scheme, available only to disabled people who do not use a wheelchair, but require a caregiver to be with them. If they are successful in applying for a ticket, they will get an additional ticket for their caregiver free of charge.
According to Government figures, more than 10 million people in the UK have a disability, including about one in 20 children, one in seven adults of working age, and almost one in two senior citizens.
LOCOG will also provide other services including audio description, blue badge parking spaces at all venues, facilities for assistance dogs, induction loops, manual wheelchair loan, some accessible shuttle buses, and toilets with hoists.
LOCOG also offers Braille or large print copies of the ticketing guide.
Ticket applications started last March 15, 2011, and will end on April 26, 2011.
