Constance shows its face: Inclusive events, genuine participation. Constance, it's time we all showed our faces together.

Our city is vibrant, loud, and cheerful – but far too often, people with disabilities are left out in the cold. Not because they don't want to be there, but because we make it difficult for them. This can no longer continue.
Therefore, my passionate appeal to all event organizers in Konstanz and the surrounding area: Consider inclusion from the very beginning!
Ask yourselves at every concert, every carnival party, every city festival, every lecture: Can people in wheelchairs, with walking sticks, with visual or hearing impairments, with assistance needs or cognitive limitations participate as a matter of course?
Make it visible, make it easy, make it normal:
Clearly state on your posters, flyers, websites, and social media posts whether and how your event is accessible – not in the fine print, but right at the heart of the invitation. Don't leave anyone wondering whether they are welcome.
What specific things can you do?
Include information on whether the access is barrier-free (ramp, elevator, level entrance).
Provide easily accessible parking spaces for people with severe disabilities and communicate their locations.
Reserved seats with good views for wheelchair users and people who need to be close to the stage.
Provides an accessible toilet and clearly marks the way to it.
Allow free entry for accompanying persons – assistance is not a luxury option, but a prerequisite for participation.
Ask about any special needs when registering (wheelchair, hearing aid, quiet room, guide dog, etc.) and show: We want you to be there.
Inclusion is not a "nice to have" or an add-on when there's budget left over. Inclusion is respect in action. It's about people, about dignity, about the right to be part of life in this city – at its heart and in the thick of things, not on the sidelines.
Imagine someone sees your poster and doesn't think, "I wonder if that's even possible?", but rather, "Wow, they thought of me. I'm invited." That's precisely the moment when an event becomes a piece of genuine humanity.
Let's make Konstanz a city where events are naturally conceived as inclusive and clearly marked.
To a city where it's normal to read on every poster whether people with disabilities can participate. To a city where we no longer ask "if," but only "how do we make it possible?".

Under this common roof:
Konstanz shows its face: Inclusive events, genuine participation.

If you need support in communicating your event in a more accessible and clearer way, get in touch – but please: Start. Now.