In 2009, Grit Media held a wrap party for its popular community television program No Limits.  As a fair percentage of the cast and crew had disabilities and access needs, we needed a decent accessible venue for the event.  So we started looking.  What did we find?  A giant lack of information! 

Online databases tend to be out of date with no more than a picture of a chair to indicate accessibility.  Calling venues was problematic as staff would often not understand what you needed in terms of bathroom size, wide doorways, space between tables, etc.  Physically checking places out was just far too time consuming.

What we needed was a detailed, updatable database, easily searchable by types of accessibility and physical location; a place where people who understood accessibility could share information about their experiences and make it publically available.

A year later, we began building the Travelling Chair.