A11Yneeds helps people describe their specific needs and helps services present the accommodations they can provide. The aim is simple: make access to services more concrete, without requiring people to justify themselves through a diagnosis.
A11Yneeds does not start from diagnosis. It starts from a concrete situation: a person wants to access a service, and certain needs must be taken into account for that access to be possible.
Accessibility is the means; inclusion is the direction
The project does not claim to solve every inclusion issue by itself. It acts on one specific point: making the meeting between a clearly formulated request and a clearly expressed offer easier.
Share needs without telling everything
The person chooses what they share, with whom, in which context and at what level of detail. The aim is to transmit useful information without imposing unnecessary personal or medical disclosure.
Visible, useful and verifiable accommodations
A11Yneeds also aims to help services check that announced accommodations are actually available and useful. Feedback should support improvement, not punishment.
Born within IciTSA, designed to go further
A11Yneeds was born within the IciTSA context. It remains open to other needs, communities, services and use contexts.
