Our Mission
Our mission at ViLi (which stands for Vibrant Life) is to help make it easier for the special needs community to use their local businesses. The barrier to access we hope to alleviate is the lack of advance information about various attributes of individual businesses which may negatively affect the experience of someone with special needs. Our solution is to crowdsource reviews and ratings of local establishments based off criteria relating to potentially problematic business attributes. The app then scores each establishment and provides the information free in an open source platform. By allowing users to filter businesses based on different accessibility criteria, we provide them with the knowledge they need to better navigate their communities. Here at ViLi we believe that life is vibrant, and it should be vibrant for everyone.
Meet the Co-Founders
Samuel Solomon graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in May 2020. He is currently a PhD candidate at the California Institute of Technology studying medical engineering. Sarah Solomon graduated from Swarthmore College in May 2019. She is currently attending medical school at New York Medical College. Both Sam and Sarah have been volunteering in and working with the special needs’ population in medical, athletic, and academic settings. Through the development and maintenance of ViLi, their mission is to better accommodate the special needs population on a systems level, starting with local businesses.
