Euan's Guide

Euan's Guide is an accessibility review website based in Edinburgh, Scotland. It gives disabled people the opportunity to rate the accessibility of the places they visit and has been described by author Ian Rankin as 'Trip Advisor with wheels on'. It is a registered charity in Scotland (SC045492).

Euan’s Guide
Type of site
User generated reviews
HeadquartersEdinburgh, Scotland
Area servedWorldwide
Founder(s)Euan MacDonald
Kiki MacDonald
IndustryCharity
URLeuansguide.com
Launched2013
Current statusActive

History

The site was co-founded by Euan MacDonald and his sister Kiki. MacDonald uses a powerchair and wanted to discover more places to visit.[1][2] MacDonald said: "Lots of disabled people have favourite places to go out but that information often doesn’t get shared and everyone has to reinvent the wheel. The hope is to provide a platform to share that information and to help people get out."[3] The site has been endorsed by JK Rowling and Professor Stephen Hawking.[4] The Guardian named Euan's Guide as one of the Tech Innovations that could improve lives in 2015[5] and in 2014 the site won the 'People's Choice Award' at the BT Infinity Lab Connected Society competition.[6] Since October 2014 Euan's Guide carried out The Access Survey, a yearly survey that gathers information on disabled people's experiences and attitudes toward accessibility in the United Kingdom.[7] Euan's Guide was also the lead sponsor of the first Disabled Access Day which took place in 2015.[8][9]

Disabled Access Day

Euan's Guide is the main sponsor of Disabled Access Day, a biannual event in the United Kingdom, raising awareness of the access issues faced by many disabled people.

Red Cord Cards
Photo of a Red Cord Card.
A Euan's Guide emergency Red Cord Card.

Euan's Guide designed information cards to be attached to emergency red pull cords in disabled toilets. They inform people of the importance of leaving the cords untied and reaching all the way to the floor.[10] There have been over 30,000 requests for the cards since the initiative was launched in 2015.

References
  1. "MND sufferer raises wheelchair consumer issues". Edinburgh Evening News. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
  2. Moore, James. "New website could be an idea whose time has come". The Independent. Retrieved 20 March 2015.
  3. "Wheelchair user sets up website to review disabled access at venues". STV News. STV. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
  4. Tracey, Emma (7 July 2014). "Family support disabled man with accessibility guide". BBC News. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
  5. Benjamin, Alison. "Tech innovations that could improve lives in 2015". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
  6. "EuansGuide.com Scoops 'People's Choice' Award at BT Infinity Lab Competition". Enable Magazine. Retrieved 20 March 2015.
  7. Disability Arts Online New survey reveals shocking lack of confidence from disabled visitors Retrieved 2018-11-12
  8. Tracey, Emma (17 January 2015). "What are you doing on Disabled Access Day?". BBC News. Retrieved 20 March 2015.
  9. "Euan's Guide". Disabled Access Day. Retrieved 20 March 2015.
  10. "Red Cord Cards - Euan's Guide".
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