ACCESSIBLE CITY – USING DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES TO IMPROVE THE ACCESSIBILITY OF PUBLIC SPACE FOR PERSONS WITH SPECIFIC NEEDS

A city is accessible when everyone can easily live in it and use its resources. Persons with disabilities are the largest social minority in the world, and it is estimated that a sixth of the European Union’s citizens has a disability. This paper presents a review of current digital technologies that support persons with special needs in functioning in cities. The objective of the paper was to analyze existing digital tools that make city living easier to persons with various disfunctions and to formulate guidelines for the development of new tools that support making urban public spaces and services accessible.