well I think the word blind could be substatuted as graphicless.
after all being blind is in fact not far from the truth of being
graphicless or imagless.
We are for the most part only audio enabled.
I joke with my computer and hacker friends when they ask me what is
being blind like.
And I say, no video card, no tv card, no screen just a box and speakers.
At 01:44 AM 10/31/2013, you wrote:
Hi Tom.
It is what I actually wrote in the 4th chapter of my phd. The over
whelming social reaction to any sort of disability is that it's
something different, that a person with none working body parts or a
medical condition that causes them to live life differently is
intrinsically another sort of human being, and the more people
emphasise differences the more evident they may be.
At the same timeI however, I do think it's legitimate to talk about
"accessibility for blind/visually impared gamers" and to hold audio
or text games responsable to include it.
It's a balance question really, but certainly on the front of site,
and in intraductory material access should come at the end of
remarks about possibilities of text and audio, not at the start so
that the games themselves are the focus not "blind gamers"
Indeed, I personally really dislike any applying of the word blind
to objects. Reever, My dog is a guide dog not a blind dog (a blind
dog really wouldn't be much help with mobility), I do not have a
blind computer, blind cane, or blind anything else.
I have various peaces of equipment and software that assist me! to
fulfill my desires in life as a visually impared individual, but
since none of those things themselves can see, the word "blind" is
incorrect to apply to them.
Indeed if you don't mind me referring to my own research again, this
is also why I would love to see the word "accessibility" become a
more common one. After all, a person with a condition like dispraxia
or dislexia who finds complex graphics and 3D spacial relations hard
to comprehend would equally bennifit from audio and synthesisor
friendly text based games.
Beware the Grue!
Dark.
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