Emily Yates

Now head of accessibility and inclusive design at multidisciplinary design agency, Mima, Emily worked with MetroRio ahead of the 2016 paralympic games to ensure stations would be accessible to all, and authored the Lonely Planet Guide to Accessible Rio de Janeiro. She has also worked with Heathrow Airport, the National Railway Museum, and COP28. Emily’s expertise lies in standards and guidance writing, access consultancy, lived experience workshop facilitation, and disability awareness training.

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