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03-06-2016, 03:00 PM
This Irish startup wants to be a Google Maps for people with disabilities
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In 2012, Matt McCann visited London thinking he had booked the perfect hotel room.
Beyond searching for a good price and decent location, he needed a hotel designed with accessibility in mind. McCann has cerebral palsy*and uses a rolling walker to get around, and found a place that seemed to meet his needs. But he soon find out that, while the hotel marketed itself as accessible, it was anything but.
SEE ALSO: How one Paris startup is becoming an Uber for people with disabilities (http://mashable.com/2015/10/04/wheeliz-car-sharing-disabilities/)
There were three steps that led up to the entrance, preventing anyone who uses a mobility aid like a wheelchair or walker from accessing the building easily — or at all. To make matters worse, once McCann had finally made his way into the building, he couldn't fit his rollator through the doorway of his room. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/03/06/access-earth-disabilities/)
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In 2012, Matt McCann visited London thinking he had booked the perfect hotel room.
Beyond searching for a good price and decent location, he needed a hotel designed with accessibility in mind. McCann has cerebral palsy*and uses a rolling walker to get around, and found a place that seemed to meet his needs. But he soon find out that, while the hotel marketed itself as accessible, it was anything but.
SEE ALSO: How one Paris startup is becoming an Uber for people with disabilities (http://mashable.com/2015/10/04/wheeliz-car-sharing-disabilities/)
There were three steps that led up to the entrance, preventing anyone who uses a mobility aid like a wheelchair or walker from accessing the building easily — or at all. To make matters worse, once McCann had finally made his way into the building, he couldn't fit his rollator through the doorway of his room. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/03/06/access-earth-disabilities/)
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