Linkspam: Screen Backlash is a Disability Issue

[davidgillon]

I think there's a pretty good point in here: Screen Backlash is a Disability Issue

And it goes beyond the public use covered in the article, to cover spoonies and other folk who simply can't get out of the house to do their interacting in meatspace.

People who denigrate virtual communities just don't pay any attention to those of us for whom they're vital, and 'but I didn't mean you' doesn't fix the damage it does.

Comments

[jadelennox]

Indeed. Not to mention the huge advance they've been for blind/VI folks, for d/Deaf folks who can communicate anywhere in sign without needing to translate to English writing or work through interpreters, to mobility impaired folks who use them as controllers....

Oh, and every time I see a rant about mobiles in restaurants I think about all the times I've looked up unfaimilar foods against my mtriad allergies.

[davidgillon]

Oh, there's some really good examples in there I hadn't thought of, particularly the allergy one!