Accessibility to the built infrastructure is essential for people with disabilities to be able to exercise their rights and participate fully in society. The right to education, to engage in work can only be exercised if people with disabilities are able to enter, leave and use the place where those activities take place (schools, work environment). Furthermore, accessibility to the built environment is essential to ensure access to transport (stations, airports, harbours) and to leisure and cultural facilities (libraries, museums, theatres, cultural centres, concert halls, hotels, restaurants etc).
Accessibility includes the following topics: