Zero Barriers is the goal! In reality, there are loads of them still out there. Let’s find and map them during the time of the ZeroCon2022!
"Zero barriers!" - Wheelmap.org
Action time with Wheelmap! Talking about barriers is one thing – detecting them in your close neighbourhood is the potential for real change! Wheelmap.org is the online map for wheelchair accessible places based on crowdsourcing. It is available in 32 languages and works worldwide. Within 11 years the community has collected more than 2 million places. But there are still a lot of places with unknown wheelchair accessibility status. This is what we can change in the three days of the Zero Conference 2022, from Febr 23 till Febr 25. Ready, set, map!
This is how you can join "Zero barriers!"
Grab your mobile phone and scan the QR code. Alternatively, just open a browser window on your phone and type in wheelmap.org/map-zero.
After the re-direct into the app and after the welcome screen, click on the ‘participate’ button. You are then checked in for the mapping event.
Find places nearby that are still grey and rate them, or rate the WC of the place, or upload photos of entrances. You can also add new places and give more information on accessibility also for people with seeing and hearing impairments.
wheelmap.org/map-zero
Handouts for Download
Download and print out our sheets with all general information for mappers on how to map places.
Why joining the mapping event?
Accessibility info
Over 15% of the world's population has a disability. Information on accessibility is very important for this group of people and at the same time difficult to find. With Wheelmap.org we want to close the information gap on accessibility.
Teambuilding
Mapping in a group with people who think alike is fun! Use this activity to get connected to the participants of the Zero Conference 2022. Celebrate the feeling of being apart together in different parts of the world doing the same thing.
Visibility
With wheelmap.org and the accessibility info you collect during the event, accessibility and barriers of public places become visible. That's the first step to direct political and public attention to the necessity of eliminating them.
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