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W3C Community Group Hangout

2022-07-07

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Community Group Hangout

Accessibility

  • Long been identified as a shortcoming of the sector as a whole
    • ‘accessibility’ often viewed purely in terms of mobility
    • even here, often not served well
  • Becoming more important with social-prescribing use-cases

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Community Group Hangout

Accessibility - OpenActive Opportunity Specification

  • Controlled Vocabulary defined in GitHub
  • Used in conjunction with AmenityFeature
  • Defines six terms:
    • Visual impairment
    • Hearing impairment
    • Physical impairment
    • Learning impairment
    • Mental health issues
    • Social or behavioural problems

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Community Group Hangout

Accessibility - London Sport Vocabulary

  • Learning disability
  • Physical impairment
  • Deaf
  • Mental health condition
  • Visual impairment
  • Participant and/or support worker should get in contact with us for more information

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Community Group Hangout

Accessibility - OpenActive Proposal

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Opportunity Specification Community Meeting 27 Apr 2022

AOB