The problems of creating an inclusive environment in the modern world cannot be solved without digital accessibility. Valeria Kurmak, Director of Sustainable Development at Yandex, spoke about the company's universal solutions and projects: “We are in the process of adapting our internal software to employ people with disabilities. For example, we create all the necessary technical conditions for blind employees to work in contact centers”.
The company pays no less attention to physical accessibility issues. Speaking about office space, Valeria said: “It is very important to realize that you cannot first build a building and then solve the issues of inclusion. You will just have to break everything down and rebuild.
The participants of the meeting agreed that the usual abbreviation HIA will disappear from use when we realize that there are no disabilities, there is a limiting environment.
Zlata Varlamova's speech was a convincing illustration of this statement.
After a childhood trauma, the girl moves in a wheelchair. She is a travel blogger, an expert on barrier-free environment and the author of the Telegram channel “Wheels of Review”.Zlata travels a lot, often choosing extreme routes.Shortly before our event, she returned from the Urals from a helicopter tour to the Manpupuner Plateau, Mount Manaraga and Mount Narodnaya.
“I see that where I find myself, people are thinking about accessible environments, and I believe that this is already half of the solution to the problem. It is important that issues of inclusion take into account the views of people with different abilities. And if students of architecture and construction universities get involved in this topic, our world will become much more comfortable and better in the near future,” says Zlata.
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The company pays no less attention to physical accessibility issues. Speaking about office space, Valeria said: “It is very important to realize that you cannot first build a building and then solve the issues of inclusion. You will just have to break everything down and rebuild.
The participants of the meeting agreed that the usual abbreviation HIA will disappear from use when we realize that there are no disabilities, there is a limiting environment.
Zlata Varlamova's speech was a convincing illustration of this statement.
After a childhood trauma, the girl moves in a wheelchair. She is a travel blogger, an expert on barrier-free environment and the author of the Telegram channel “Wheels of Review”.Zlata travels a lot, often choosing extreme routes.Shortly before our event, she returned from the Urals from a helicopter tour to the Manpupuner Plateau, Mount Manaraga and Mount Narodnaya.
“I see that where I find myself, people are thinking about accessible environments, and I believe that this is already half of the solution to the problem. It is important that issues of inclusion take into account the views of people with different abilities. And if students of architecture and construction universities get involved in this topic, our world will become much more comfortable and better in the near future,” says Zlata.
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