Re: The Eye Conditions Topic
I actually stumbled across a 20 year old New Scientist piece they did in 1997 on the future of accessible tech for disabled people, based on how things were in 1997, they got Narrator right and screenreaders, they got talking clocks and watches, though they said humorously that it'd be a talking smartphone on your wrist, which...sorta has happened in a way and talking self driving cars within 10 years. They got most of it right.
They also stated that, interestingly even as far back as 1997 with Dolly the sheep, that ethical concerns would prevent cloning human cells to repear nerve damage. Bear in mind this was in 1997, and think how that has turned out.
As an aside the article also stated there were certain jobs that would never be accessible to blind or partially sighted people, many o which are commonplace now with better tech, chef was one it highlighted with the precision needed and more bizarrely, massage therapist was put forward as one a blind person bck i n 1997 couldn't do.
Insanely enough, a blind person in 1997 could appl for an SCCA (Sports Car Club of America) competition license and blindness was not even on the medical testing requirements at that point. Also th e NHRA up until several years ago had a similar idea. I had a friend in Florida that pulled that and got an NHRA drag racing competition license, then did zip on it.
Oh and on the subject of that sport, I was listening to a podcast by the fantastically funny Joe Amato who retired in 2000 due to detatched retinas from the G-forces from that sport and he said he thinks there will come aday when a fully blind driver wins in that sport, as it's all about listening and feeling, not visual feedback. Or, as he put it:
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If I can go 30 down a quarter mile with my retinas being screewed up each run and there's up to 20 runs in a weekend of racing and 30 weekends a year, then I don't see why a blind man couldn't do the same thing I did. All you gotta do is go fast and go straight and get out of the car in 10 seconds, and listen to your crew chief
Note: His comment was sarcastic, but still his point is valid: That's a guy who won events and titles while having his retinas detatching and his corneas slowly damaged year on year. In other words: He's a badass. Acutally met him a few years ago when I was in New England and he is a decent guy to talk to and discussed drag racing for a few hours . Fun times. Point is: He said, under the rules circa 2015, when I met him...he'd be disable due to his eye damage if he anted to pursue that but he's got millions of bucks in the bank and a long career to look back on.
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