Tag: Inclusivity
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Blind Dating Primer
I’ve decided to write up a bit of a structured list of information and tips for dating someone who is blind. These are my own ideas and mostly center around my own experiences, but can be useful and tweaked depending on the personal tastes of interaction with other partners. Tech Questions How am I writing…
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Frustrication
I’ve come up with a new word that exemplifies what I go through every time I attempt to learn something new or technical these days while blind. The lack of accessibility for blind students at various educational resources such as Treehouse and Khan Academy makes the entire experience absolutely frustrating. Frustrating education = frustrucation. …
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Zumanity – Another Vegas Win
Building off of my momentum with MGM providing audio description devices in T-Mobile Arena, I decided to take it a step further. Before losing my vision, Cirque du Soleil was one of my major interests. My parents brought me to my first show with Nouvelle Experience back in the early 90s. Since then, I’ve seen…
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Fun. Home
The Curran Theatre here in San Francisco had been shut down for renovations for quite some time, and we learned that Allison Bechtel’s Fun Home musical was going to be the first performance to grace their stage upon reopening. Amy really wanted me to get tickets, so I checked with their Front Office about getting…
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Gaming While Blind – Interviewed by Rachel Myro
Rachel Myro from KQED interviewed me about gaming and accessibility during the week of GDC. Major thanks to the Lighthouse here in SF for setting me up with the opportunity! We talked about how I went blind, what life was like when I had vision, and the lack of immersive gaming for blind people. There…