Hong Kong charity wants more access for wheelchair users in city and in nature

Newstral

22nd November 2024

Hong Kong charity wants more access for wheelchair users in city and in nature

Parks and trails works with wheelchair users to identify wheelchair users to identify wheelchair friendly trails and Operation Santa Claus funding will help it expand programme

By Cindy Sui

A Hong Kong Paralympic gold medallist’s recent experience of discrimination at a restaurant has focused attention on a problem that mainstream society often overlooks – the lack of public access for people with disabilities.

For local charity Parks and Trails, the experience of boccia champion Ho Yuen-kei was painfully all too common, and accessibility issues were not limited to urban areas but extended to the countryside, where its efforts were focused.

The charity was founded as a digital platform, TrailWatch app, in 2014. It provides information, tracking and incident reporting for hikers, and now has more than 200,000 registered users.

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