Wednesday, November 13, 2024

MEET THE WHEELCHAIR USER MAKING GOOGLE MAPS MORE ACCESSIBLE

 SASHA BLAIR-GOLDENSOHN


The amount of data needed to make an accessibility map useful is enormous.

That kind of data takes a major player.

Lucky then, that a software engineer working for Google — which has the No. 1 free mapping-program in the world, with over a billion monthly active users — was blossoming into an accessibility advocate.

When Sasha Blair-Goldensohn returned to work, it quickly became clear that his skillset, position and insights into what information people with disabilities want were a great match.


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