Sandi Wassmer
Viewing entries posted in May 2010
Bullying and social inclusion: zero tolerance is the only way
When you are the parent of a school aged child, you have access to a wealth of insights, not only about how young minds are shaped and how so many influences and factors are at play, but also how important the things that those working in education do or don’t do are in the grand scheme of things.
Making the move from mainstream to assistive technologies
When it came time to migrate from using mainstream technology to using assistive technology, it was only then that I realised how diverse visual impairment really is and how hard it is to find the right technology to suit individual needs. And just to complicate matters, there is always the consideration of what a moveable feast visual impairment is, with good eye days and bad eye days and the just downright 'am I being interrogated by the police and having a torch flashed in my eyes, oh no, that’s just the sunlight, please take me home' kind of days.
Real accessibility for real people
When I was preparing my presentation for this week’s Future of Web Design conference, where I will be speaking about web accessibility for happy designers and I found myself moving away from talking about the intricacies of technology and gravitating towards what I am now referring to as real accessibility.
Hello Steve Jobs. What’s at your core?
As anyone who reads this blog will know, and for those of you who don't, I am an Apple-tastic, Mac geek, iAnything kind of girl. I love the fact that accessibility features are inherent in their systems and are graciously given cool product names that don't make us disabled types feel like aliens, but like part of the in-crowd. They are the living, breathing example of inclusive technology, so why oh why will they not talk to any of us disabled folk who are desperate to get the word of just how great their products are out on the street?
Social inclusion is a two-way street
I have been doing a little one woman social experiment of late, as I am fascinated by the human condition and particularly what makes people behave the way they do. Having moved from the mainstream into the disabled stream, the one thing that I have found very difficult to comprehend is why so many people respond to me chipping up with my white cane with fear.
Businesswoman Sandi Wassmer registered blind in 2008. In her blog, she shares with us the 'shenanigans of visual impairment'. Find Sandi on Google+
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