How I’m Making Maps Better For Wheelchair Users Like Me ─ Google

Sasha Blair-Goldensohn is a Google employee who works on projects to help make Google Maps more accessible for everyone.

"Today, on International Day of Persons With Disabilities, I hope our work to make Google Maps more inclusive underscores what Angela Glover Blackwell wrote so powerfully about in "The Curb-Cut Effect." When we build with accessibility in mind, it doesn't just help people with disabilities. It helps everyone. Curb cuts in sidewalks don't just help me cross the street—they also help parents pushing strollers, workers with deliveries and tourists with suitcases. As Blackwell puts it, building equity is not a zero-sum game—everyone benefits."

Learn more about Sasha by visiting https://goo.gle/35Z9SQS

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