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Accessibility Matters

Accessibility affects everyone. The number of people living with a disability continues to rise.

Right now, 14.3%ⁱ of the Canadian population live with some form of disability --with even higher proportions in people above age 45.

In the USA, 54 millionⁱⁱ people live with disabilities, and in Europe, 60 millionⁱⁱⁱ.
Worldwide, the number of individuals with disabilities tops 650 million^iv.

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planat’s Global Statistics

17,000+ venues
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20+ countries

planat’s Value Proposition

Informed decision making – detailed information.
Easy to use, search and understand.
Multiple perspectives – mobility, hearing and sight.
Standardized information presentation.
Global source of accessibility information.

“As a Hotelier, it is great to be able to showcase our accessibility in a way that makes sense for the end-user – the general public. Through the site, we have been able to showcase our easy location access and the design of our property for accessibility.”

Tim Rodgers CHA
General Manager
Best Western Plus Kamloops Hotel

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"The ability for those in our community who use our public facilities to make comments for other and future users about how they found the accessibility setup of our facilities is a great tool. In addition to helping our customers, the comments are assisting us in moving forward with any suggestions for changes to reach an ideal building design."

Alan Hill
Cultural Diversity Coordinator
City of Richmond

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"planat, an innovative project of the Rick Hansen Foundation (RHF), is an effective product to provide comprehensive resources specifically to assist travelers with disabilities and accessibility needs. The planat site is a user-friendly, detail-oriented and versatile on-line tool; as a surveyor we find that the indicators are relevant, covering a wide range of aspects and providing useful data to people with different functional disabilities."

Ella Huang
Executive Director
Richmond Centre for Disability

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References

ⁱStatistics Canada-Prevalence of disability in Canada 2006
ⁱⁱAmericans with Disability 2005 Census Bureau report
ⁱⁱⁱEuropean Disability Strategy 201-2020
^ivWorld Report on Disabilities, World Health Organization