Tag: “Accessibility”

Learning data science comes with a steep learning curve, and inaccessible tutorials, resources and tools create barriers. To support a more inclusive environment in the field of data science, We Count has created a resource library.

To say that the route to almost all essential services is through digital systems is stating the obvious. Despite this reality, more than twenty-five years of regulations requiring accessible digital technology, a plethora of guidelines and resources to support accessibility, and a thriving industry checking and repairing inaccessible websites, people who require alternative ways to access digital systems face ever-multiplying barriers.

Jutta Treviranus was invited to contribute this essay related to We Count to Some Thoughts, a collection of essays on smart cities.

Project We Count evaluated the MIDP for Toronto’s Quayside from the perspective of persons in Toronto who have difficulty with or are excluded by the current urban plan.