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AccessNow is an app that uses crowdsourcing to collect and share accessibility information about places around the world.

15K Pinned locations
220 Cities using service
30+ Countries using service

An app that uses crowdsourcing to collect and share accessibility information about places around the world.

AccessNow is an application designed to share the accessibility status of locations worldwide. The company's application helps find and rate accessible restaurants, stores, hotels, and more on an interactive, crowdsourced map, enabling clients to get accurate and up-to-date information about the accessibility of various places.

Maayan Ziv, a graduate of Toronto Metropolitan University’s Master of Digital Media program living with muscular dystrophy, founded AccessNow in 2015, a website and app that rates locations based on how wheelchair-accessible they are.

AccessNow uses crowdsourcing to pinpoint the accessibility status of locations worldwide on an interactive map. Users can search for specific places or browse the map to discover what locations have the accessibility features they require. Anyone can add a place to the map, contributing to the project’s mission. AccessNow is a community empowering each other; a community of advocates and socializers sharing accessibility information so we can all have access, now.

Today, users from the worldwide community are beginning to add pins in the U.S., Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia. What started with over 800 pins on a map has ballooned into more than 15,000 pins, in 220 cities, from over 30 countries. Maayan’s work has been recognized with a Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal and a David C. Onley Award for Leadership in Accessibility.

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