3 ACCESSIBILITY
Access to an activity or service means the ability to participate in the
activity or make use of the service. Access to a service does not imply
being able to travel to the service, since the service could be brought
to you or could be accessed on-line. It is not necessary to go to a shop
if the shop will accept orders by telephone or on-line and deliver goods
to your house. Similarly, access to an activity or person may well be
achievable without physical mobility. But if access to something can
only be achieved at a particular location, then accessibility requires
the mobility to reach that location.
Accessibility requires knowledge, ability and financial means (Table 1).