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Further, most people will have some sort of temporary or permanent disability at some point in their life. People break their legs, get older and become deaf, o
by rrrrrrrrrrrryan 5y ago
Further, most people will have some sort of temporary or permanent disability at some point in their life. People break their legs, get older and become deaf, or blind, etc.
Interacting with people with disabilities gives us an opportunity to think about how we can make society a little better not just for them, but for ourselves in the case that we become sick, or injured, or just live to be elderly enough that parts of our bodies have fulfilled their expected useful life and stop working.
- cmsj 5y agoYep. This is literally the lesson that is demonstrated extremely clearly by the software of, ironically, Apple. Really good accessibility support ends up being really useful to all sorts of people in all sorts of ways. I have near perfect vision/hearing/speech and no motor difficulties, but there are several accessibility features that I enable on my Mac and iPhone because they make it easier for me to do certain things. Even outside the software realm, examples like adding ramps to entrances instantly makes life a little bit easier for people pushing carts/strollers, which at various times is a pretty huge part of the population.