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FREE GUIDER
ABOUT
Year Established: 2015
Beneficiaries: Mobility-Impaired people, with an emphasis on wheelchair users
| https://www.freeguider.com/ | |
| The ultimate one-stop online accessibility service for wheelchair users |
SOCIAL ISSUES
- Society has a limited understanding of what barrier-free truly means, and the fact that mobility-impaired people are very limited in the choices of where they can go
- Various obstacles make it so difficult for mobility-impaired people to travel, leading to both mental and health problems
SOCIAL INNOVATION
- A one-stop mobile app providing accessibility and outdoor route information, with the help of artificial intelligence and big data
- In addition to browsing information and rating the accessibility of various facilities, users can share their personal experiences and help raise awareness for improving barrier-free facilities
EXCEPTED SOCIAL IMPACT
 | 10,000 mobility-impaired people and their friends and families, can receive comprehensive accessibility information and more choices available for going out, making their lives more colourful |
 | 5 service providers will provide support services to reduce barriers of persons with disability to go out |
 | 15+ partnering rehabilitation organisations are collaborating and forming a platform to promote rehabilitation activities and courses, enabling mobility-impaired people to receive information and participate in the services, enhancing their opportunities for social integration |
 | Mobility-impaired people have more opportunities for personal growth, and job-seeking |
 | Building a barrier-free society and promoting a welcoming atmosphere of social integration |
BUSINESS MODEL
Barrier Free Travel Total Solution acts as an intermediary informational network, providing and promoting services to non-government organisations, commercial organisations, rehabilitation organisations, etc., and in turn, receiving commissions as their intermediary fee
PROGRAMME CONTENT
Promoting accessibility information and rehabilitation courses
Aimed at wheelchair users, several rehabilitation organisations promote courses that encourage social integration through activities. By participating in exhibitions and marketing events, mobility-impaired people promote the concepts of a barrier-free society
Launching recognition scheme
The actual accessibility data is consolidated into a unified index, indicating the convenience of various facilities for the mobility-impaired