Have you been complaining lately about all the work you need to do for university? All the essays you need to write, articles to read and talks to give? Well, I have. Until I realized that sometimes I am too trapped in my everyday life to see how lucky I really am. Lucky, because I have the possibility to study in a foreign country. Lucky, because I know I’ll manage the workload easily. Lucky, because I can see.
After today’s lecture in “Writing for New Media” I decided to stop complaining about things like these. In this world, there are around 37 million totally blind people. Many of them go to university, write essays like I do, read articles and give talks. Little things I do in my daily life without even thinking about how they can present great challenges for others – and I am the one worrying?
“How new technology helps blind people explore the world”
In her amazing TED talk, Chieko Asakawa, who has been blind since the age of 14, opens her world to those who can see. She is a strong and inspiring woman who does not let fate take its course: By inventing new technology, she wants to make the visually impaired more independent. It is just incredible to see everything that is possible in this area today!
Accessibility is not only a theoretical concept. It is a vital ingredient for every dinner in the dark. It has never been so easy for blind people to get around, in the physical and the digital world. Still, things need to improve. I think that by being aware of their needs and making the little effort to consider accessibility while creating online content everyone of us can contribute to a bigger picture.
Smartphones, laptops and co. facilitate life for the visually impaired enormously
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In the beginning was the word 