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Despite most large universities claim they are fully wheelchair accessible, a lot of disabled students wouldn’t agree.
This drove Nick to build CAMP, an interactive campus map which rates all pedestrian pathways on their level of accessibility. This resource would help students in managing the current accessibility limitations of their campus, while universities undertake long-term modifications of existing pedestrian pathway infrastructure.
“I could have used it myself during the last exam period. A pile of snow left by a plow blocked my entrance to a night exam and I had to turn around and go home”, the inventor said.
The first phase of the project consists of establishing a baseline reflecting the single most difficult physical disability scenario. With this, it’s less likely that a person with any mobility impairment perceives a pathway or route as less accessible than rated through CAMP.
“Whenever I’d go to a new building on campus, I’d have to learn the best way. Something that might not look like a barrier to an able-bodied person can look different to someone in a wheelchair”, he explained.
The idea would be to integrate CAMP through an advanced system, conveying vital information and updates concerning the McMaster campus, such as closures, intermittent barriers to accessibility and disruptions in transportation services.
Nick is working on an electronic version with the capacity to add live updates for intermittent barriers such as snow. He hopes to create similar systems for other universities.
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