sible.
>>>
>>> Yet I can't get the company I work for to make a web based app
>>> accessible
>>>
>>> I would say that more people even if they have no plans to go seaking
>>> work / employment should still put their hands up to fight,
>>>
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> Apple does view us that way. There are several blind engineers at Apple so
y, 25 March 2017 5:49 AM
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Apple does view us that way. There are several blind engineers at Apple some
on this list in fact. There are also blind employees at the reta
bility to work.
>>>>>
>>>>> There are a lot of very able bodied people out there in the world that
>>>>> have a disability
>>>>> I had to fight against sighted people to get my permanent job position,
>>>>>
>>>>> My
job position,
>>>>
>>>> My overall knowledge only just made that possible.
>>>>
>>>> Yet I can't get the company I work for to make a web based app accessible
>>>>
>>>> I would say that more people even if they have no plans to go
t;>> I would say that more people even if they have no plans to go seaking work
>>> / employment should still put their hands up to fight,
>>>
>>>
>>> A collective agreement is generally more powerfull than an individual
>>> agreement.
>>> -Original M
ld still put their hands up to fight,
>>
>>
>> A collective agreement is generally more powerfull than an individual
>> agreement.
>> -Original Message-----
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>> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of E.T
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>
>Let me add some flour and yea
You’re absolutely right, I became aware of this discrepancy years ago when
first working with Cell phones and accessibility. I think what happens is we
get very connected to our own challenges and issues and design to meet these.
We don’t necessarily ignore or neglect the deaf blind for exampl
David, I absolutely learn something new every time I read one of your messages.
The statistics you offer up are always enlightening.
> On Mar 23, 2017, at 7:43 PM, David Chittenden wrote:
>
> There is a huge difference between minor vision loss and low vision, and then
> another huge differen
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Let me add some flour and yeast to the mix also.
Ours is not a very cohesive society. Its ext
Hi Mark,
I love the idea,
I'd love to be involved,
Shame that here in nz it's a bloody difficult job just to get a button on a
webpage labelled on my companys webpage for health and safety incidents
I think in the dictionary the term ignorance has the meaning
What defines an able bodied p
Let me add some flour and yeast to the mix also.
Ours is not a very cohesive society. Its extremely fragmented on
many levels. I won't go into the politics of it, just that its
unfortunate that all the various pieces have to practice their own
advocacy to achieve the same goal. As far as
Hi all,
Michelle here,
What about the Deafblind community who gets very easily over looked during
these conversations.
Also there is a huge difference between a person who is vision impaired and
person like myself who is totally blind and profoundly deaf with only light
perception.
Had t
I agree.
We raise a blind child who also has the gifts of a talented musician.
Unfortunately, the cause of her blindness has also caused other problems e.g.
gait, use of only 5 fingers etc. We encourage her to make use of her talents.
Unfortunately the abuse she gets from the ISD and the ove
There is a huge difference between minor vision loss and low vision, and then
another huge difference between low vision and legal blindness. Legal blindness
is 20/200, 6/60, or worse in the better eye after correction. Low vision, is
any vision which is better than that, and worse than 20/60, 6
I have to disagree with this. You’d be absolutely right if we were a huge
subsection of the population, but we’re not. We’re to small of a group for the
general population to gain any nuance about our existence. Most people go
through life with out ever encountering a blind person, to add all
mark,
I wish to interject something I feel you and those of you who resonate
with this effort should consider.
Speaking only for myself I feel one reason why it can be challenging to
instigate impact is the way you discuss the experience of sight loss as
if it is totally and absolutely t
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