This 25-year-old is creating a global roadmap for accessibility

There's an app for everything almost.

Maayan Ziv noticed that while it's easy to use your phone to figure out when a restaurant is open or what's on themenu, it was almost impossible to look up whether those places were wheelchair accessible.

This lack of informationinspired the young photographer to create an app to address this need herself.She now works full-timeonAccess Now, which ratesthe accessibilityof restaurants and shops around the globe.

It makes me realize how important this is and how one person... can really make a difference for millions of people.- MaayanZiv

The work can be challenging, but when Ziv feels discouraged, she thinks of all the people who have expressed their gratitude for the app, and the stories of how it's helped them. "That's what keeps me going," she says.

Ziv is one of a new generation of passionate change-makers profiled in CBC's new seriesWe Are Canada.Watch the series Sundays at 7 p.m. on CBC andonline.