Barrier-free city: six aspects of comfort

On October 2, Associate Professor of the Department of Philosophy, Sociology and Social Work, Volodymyr Gurich, held a lecture "Barrier-free city: six aspects of comfort" for students of the Faculty of Computer Science, Physics and Mathematics. At the beginning of the meeting, examples of situations where the participants felt limited in their opportunities due to various obstacles were mentioned, and then the reasons for the appearance of barriers in our lives were discussed.
Analyzing the categories of low-mobility population groups, the awardees came to the conclusion that all of us fall into at least one of them during our lives, so barrier-free accessibility is a condition of comfort for everyone who lives in the city and beyond.
In more detail (taking into account the specialization of the audience), the lecturer focused on the problems and strategies of creating information and digital barrier-freeness and the corresponding tasks. The National Strategy envisages the creation of a barrier-free space in Ukraine. Having considered their distinctive and common features, the acquirers determined on the example of their gadgets the ways and forms of implementing the tasks of the web accessibility policy. We also analyzed why accessibility policies are important, in particular, for the IT sector from the point of view of conducting business and role in society.
At the end of the lecture, Volodymyr Gurich familiarized the audience with Ukrainian and foreign resources where you can expand your knowledge and skills regarding barrier-free and universal design, and answered the audience's questions.