Opportunity Card

Everyone Belongs

Great communities include everyone. Design a solution that removes barriers and helps people feel connected.

1.3 billionpeople worldwide live with a significant disability

1 in 5Canadians aged 15+ have at least one disability

SDG 10calls for reducing inequality within communities

$$$accessible businesses reach customers competitors ignore

About this challenge

Great communities include everyone. But barriers, physical, social, and digital, quietly leave people out.

This challenge asks you to design a solution that removes barriers and helps people feel connected.

When a community is accessible, everyone benefits: ramps help parents with strollers, clear signs help visitors, and welcoming spaces help everybody.

Inclusion is also good business. A business that serves everyone has more customers than one that doesn't.

Watch

I'm not your inspiration, thank you very much | Stella Young (TED)

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Think about

Question 1Who might feel left out in your town, and why?

Question 2What barriers exist that most people never notice?

Question 3Could your idea remove a barrier instead of working around it?

Question 4How would someone using a wheelchair, or who is Deaf or blind, experience your business?

Question 5Could the people you're including help design the solution?

Question 6Do your town's quirks create barriers, or remove them?

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