Accessibility should be on your radar too - check this out

As a person with no accessibility restrictions, I find it is sometimes difficult to really understand the world of hearing impaired, seeing impaired or those with reduced mobility. However, it is important to be aware of it and sensitive to it, primarily as a person but also for companies/brands that develop products and services.

If you feel equally curious about this as well, I have 3 recommendations of things to watch or listen to:

  1. First of all, in 2020 a movie called Sounds of Metal came out about a musician that loses his hearing. The film is not light-hearted, believe me, but it’s very much worth seeing.

  2. Secondly, on Netflix I saw a documentary called Rising Phoenix. It’s about the Paralimpic Games. If you can’t get inspired and/or be humbled by the stories told in this documentary, I think you may be a droid ;-). Absolute must-see material.

  3. Lastly, I listen to a podcast about mobile tech (the Phone Show Chat). Ted and Steve, the hosts, talk about their personal experiences with tech. Every now and then, they invite Steve Nutt, who is blind, to talk about how he uses mobile tech. In the latest episode (621), you can hear him explain how much technology can help him and also reinforces how incredibly important it is for tech companies to be working on Accessibility features to ensure it is inclusive.

Anyway, I hope you can set aside some time to check any or all out. There is something for everyone, and they are all enriching in their own right.

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