WBEF: Accessibility & Inclusion in the Built Environment with Sharon Slinger, Jean Hewitt & Vanessa Curtis #49

Accessibility & inclusion are among the fastest moving areas of development, and since 78% of disabilities are acquired in adult life, it’s an issue that’ll affect many of us even beyond our current awareness.The built environment plays a huge role in creating an accessible and inclusive world, and joining us on this week’s World Built Environment Forum podcast to discuss this pressing topic are Jean Hewitt (Senior Consultant in Inclusive Design at Buro Happold), Sharon Slinger (Owner of Constructing Rainbows Limited) and Vanessa Curtis (Co-Founder and Co-Chair at AbilityRE).This episode of The RICS Podcast covers:Why accessibility is a key issue for all of usHow early consideration of inclusion guides better, less costly projectsWhat can be achieved on an individual level and within organisationsSources of information to learn moreRoyal Institution of Chartered Surveyors:https://www.rics.org/uk/RICS Podcast Pagehttps://www.rics.org/podcast/Kieran Halliwellhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/kdhalliwell/