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Parity for People of All Cognitive Abilities

We help make built environments, products, and services accessible to all.

Inclusive by Design

People think and understand the world around us differently, but products, services and the built environment are designed for those who we perceive as typical. We’re ending this disparity, by making people with a range of cognitive abilities part of the solution.

Stop Guessing

Trust our integrated team of accessibility experts and advisors to assure your products, services, environments and experiences are accessible by people with cognitive disabilities

Accessibility Assured

How we’re creating a world that is more accessible to all

Co-Creation

We pair real humans of varying cognitive abilities with our team of accessibility experts to assure maximum accessibility, usability, and inclusion.

World-Leading Expertise

We are a Centre of Excellence for cognitive accessibility, led by world-renowned experts and award-winning researchers.

Powerful Partnerships

We’re backed by the University of Ottawa and supported by AGE-WELL, the leading technology and aging network in Canada.

Our Services

Accessibility Testing

Test and improve the cognitive accessibility of your solutions or services.

Information & Training

Build awareness, upskill your team, and embed cognitive accessibility into your solutions.

Inclusive Research & Evaluation

Include persons with a range of cognitive disabilities in your projects.

How It Works

1 Collaborate

We unite your stakeholders with our team of accessibility experts and advisors of all cognitive abilities to co-create desired outcomes.

2 Test

We lead real-world accessibility testing and research with real human beings of varying cognitive abilities.

3 Implement

Our expert team will oversee the execution and implementation of solutions to ensure maximum accessibility for all.

Testimonials

We have been working with Open for over a year and it has been a pleasure; Open offers a professional, fast, efficient, detailed, and conscientious path to engaging neurodiverse communities as advisors for corporate related accessibility projects.

Nadia Hamilton, CEO, Magnusmode

We work with Open in order to develop a cognitively accessible medication management application. They provided us with a wealth of expertise regarding cognitive disabilities and accessibility while ensuring we received input directly from persons with cognitive disabilities.

Dinis Cabral, CEO, JLG Health Solutions

It is always a pleasure to work with you and your students! They were quite remarkable throughout the process. They were available, accessible and certainly their report today was spot on.

Caroline Granger, Director, Valor & Solutions