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Leading startup community, YSYS launch 4 days of innovative online conversations and a range of new initiatives with the core theme of “Access” Today marks the beginning of #YSYSAccessWeek, a YSYS (Your Startup, Your Story) led  initiative which signifies 4 years of their campaigning for a diverse, inclusive and accessible tech ecosystem.  Over the next 4 days, they&rsquo...
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The lowdown on the key things that you should avoid doing so that you can ensure that your workplace and business is accessible to all Making a workplace more accessible can only benefit you, your employees and your customers. However after years of increasing, the numbers of disabled people in employment has started to fall, with a 28% gap between the proportion of those in work who have a di...
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London-based startup SociAbility is on a mission to empower social inclusion through better accessibility information... It is a sad fact that we do not do a good job of ensuring that our public places, shops, cafés, etc. are accessible for the 1.5 billion people worldwide who need them to be. People who need venues to be accessible too often cannot find out whether they are or not with ea...
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CityMaaS Assist is an app aiming to achieve spontaneous and inclusive travel for disabled people using innovative dynamic UX/UI and machine learning. Even in 2019, the options for those with disabilities to travel from place to place are limited. Many buses still do not have the ability to simply allow someone with a wheelchair to board, meaning that person has to sit at the bus stop and wait for...
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London startup Accomable, a platform to help people with mobility difficulties find accessible properties around the world has been acquired by Airbnb. Accomable was founded in the summer of 2015 by Srin Madipalli and Martyn Sibley – two childhood friends with Spinal Muscular Atrophy who have travelled all over the world. Frustrated by the difficulty of finding accessible places to stay and...
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