Re: Let's Use Social Media to Advocate for The Visually Impaired

ehalf Of Scott Granados >> Sent: Saturday, 25 March 2017 5:49 AM >> To: MacVisionaries 'Chris Blouch' via <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> >> Subject: Re: Let's Use Social Media to Advocate for The Visually Impaired >> >> Apple does view us that way. There are severa

Re: Let's Use Social Media to Advocate for The Visually Impaired

o:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Scott Granados > Sent: Saturday, 25 March 2017 5:49 AM > To: MacVisionaries 'Chris Blouch' via <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> > Subject: Re: Let's Use Social Media to Advocate for The Visually Impaired > > Apple does view us that

RE: Let's Use Social Media to Advocate for The Visually Impaired

March 2017 5:49 AM To: MacVisionaries 'Chris Blouch' via <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: Let's Use Social Media to Advocate for The Visually Impaired Apple does view us that way. There are several blind engineers at Apple some on this list in fact. There are also blind emp

Re: Let's Use Social Media to Advocate for The Visually Impaired

ity >>>>> I had to fight against sighted people to get my permanent 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 >

Re: Let's Use Social Media to Advocate for The Visually Impaired

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, >>>> >>>> >>>> A collective agreement is generally more powerfull than an

Re: Let's Use Social Media to Advocate for The Visually Impaired

o 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, >>> >>> >>> A collective agreement is generally more powerfull than

Re: Let's Use Social Media to Advocate for The Visually Impaired

ing work / >> employment should still put their hands up to fight, >> >> >> A collective agreement is generally more powerfull than an individual >> agreement. >> -Original Message- >> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >> [mailto:macvisio

Re: Let's Use Social Media to Advocate for The Visually Impaired

om: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of E.T. > Sent: Friday, 24 March 2017 5:11 PM > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: Let's Use Social Media to Advocate for The Visually Impaired > >Let me add some flour

Re: Let's Use Social Media to Advocate for The Visually Impaired

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

Re: Let's Use Social Media to Advocate for The Visually Impaired

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

RE: Let's Use Social Media to Advocate for The Visually Impaired

@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of E.T. Sent: Friday, 24 March 2017 5:11 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Let's Use Social Media to Advocate for The Visually Impaired Let me add some flour and yeast to the mix also. Ours is not a very cohesive society. Its extremely fragmented

RE: Let's Use Social Media to Advocate for The Visually Impaired

person who can't see abilities passed the disability -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of M. Taylor Sent: Friday, 24 March 2017 7:46 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Let's Use Social Media

Re: Let's Use Social Media to Advocate for The Visually Impaired

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

Re: Let's Use Social Media to Advocate for The Visually Impaired

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

Re: Let's Use Social Media to Advocate for The Visually Impaired

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

Re: Let's Use Social Media to Advocate for The Visually Impaired

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,

Re: Let's Use Social Media to Advocate for The Visually Impaired

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

Re: Let's Use Social Media to Advocate for The Visually Impaired

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

Let's Use Social Media to Advocate for The Visually Impaired

Hello All, Earlier this week, both Apple and Starbucks announced that they were, in effect, reaffirming their commitments to several agendas. In apple's case, they introduced iPhone 7 and 7 Plus RED Special Edition, which is intended to give customers a way to participate in the fight against