A Different Way of Seeing. Helping You Make Sense of the Overwhelm
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Last time I shared ways in which I am making my content more accessible to people who are blind. This week I want to focus on how I am trying to make my content more inclusive of the people from the deaf community and those living with hearing loss. I am having to think more …
A few months ago I took a long, hard look at the work I’m doing and began to think about ways I could make my content more accessible for all consumers. I totally get it. I understand why most content creators either don’t know or don’t care about the potential needs of the disability community. …
As so often happens at conferences, the first day of Africa’s Travel Indaba ran a little late. Our session’s wonderful facilitator, Carol Ofori did her best to make up some time, but the time sped past relentlessly. Which meant I was late meeting up with close friend, Mel Harvard, with whom I’d planned a quick …
Last week on the blog I told you about speaking at the World Travel Market, Africa 2024 as part of two panels discussing accessible travel. A few days afterwards I was approached by Tarryn Tomlinson, the leader of one of those panels, asking if I’d be willing to travel to Durban to speak at another …
I recently had the opportunity of exploring the concept of making the visual world accessible to the blindness community through the use of audio description. It was the subject of a podcast episode with Shakila Maharaj, the managing director of ShazaCin Accessible Media, who is one of the foremost proponents of audio description in South …
I stood there, facing the tree, and thought about the best way to navigate my way around it. I reached a decision, based mostly on chance, extended my white cane and tentatively took my first step… And walked straight into a tree branch. When I first lost my sight I was taught how to navigate …
Over the past few months I’ve seen numerous articles about the potential risks associated with using artificial intelligence (AI) to accomplish tasks. People seem to fear that using AI will have negative results, ranging from accusations of plagiarism to the death of creativity. Simultaneously, I have seen numerous online courses and trainings that promise to …
It’s taken me a long time to hit the publish button on this video, but I am excited to finally share it with you. If you are looking for a speaker for an event – online or in person – then please take a look at my latest YouTube video, where I share a little …
I’ve been asked to share a list of the apps I use on my iPhone. So here it is, divided into blindness-specific apps and those that you probably also use as a sighted person. I haven’t listed all the apps that come standard on an iPhone, only those that I’ve added to my phone. But, …
I’ve been thinking a lot about what I’d like people to know about my life as a blind person – things that I wish were more commonly known that would foster greater inclusion of the visually impaired community into society and the workplace. Because they would help people to understand my world a little better. …