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Accessibility for All – Japan’s Sustainable Development Champion

Oda Yuriko, developer of the WheeLog! app. Source: Tokyo Updates. Retrieved from: https://www.tokyoupdates.metro.tokyo.lg.jp/en/post-541/

Yuriko Oda is the founder and CEO of WheeLog! - a user-generated accessibility map application that shows where wheelchair users can go. 

Yuriko was diagnosed with Distal Myopathy in 2002 and became a wheelchair user in 2006 after giving birth to her son. A wish to take her son to the beach led to her realizing how better information on accessibility could change the lives of wheelchair users. By 2017, she had launched an accessibility map app that now has more than 100,000 users globally. 

A champion for the Sustainable Development Goals, she received the Japan SDGs Award in December 2023 for her creative & inclusive work.

Source: United Nations Youtube