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Debate: Acessibility

What does accessibility mean to you? Who do you think requires greater accessibility and why? In what ways do you make your world accessible to others? In what way do you help provide access to others? How do you feel like accessibility can be improved in today's world?

1. To me, accessibility means complete inclusivity to the basic fundamental rights we have as human beings.
2. As someone who is hard of hearing and is now Deaf, I believe people like myself need greater accessibility.
3./4. I'm conscious of various disabilities both physical, developmental, and neurological. I add image descriptions for those with low visibility, I have my blog set to a mint-green background as I know white can be painful to the eyes, I allow a mobility limited person go ahead of me in line or through the door, and so on forth.
5. We're still a long way from accessibility to everyone, especially the Deaf, mobility-limited, vision sensitive, as well as the neurological and developmental divergent. Appropriately advocating for accessibility in a group or for groups that are not your own can really help those minorities feel validated and seen.

Re: Debate: Acessibility

1. Allowing all people to be able to achieve their needs and goals, and inclusivity to their rights as you said.
2. I think accessibility can be used for many physical, neurodiversity, and mental health needs. Ramps, subtitles, reasonable accommodations.
3/4. I always use subtitles but beyond that I’m honestly not sure how to make things more accessible. I’m open to learning!
5. I think new housing should be built for accessibility in mind, such as putting grab bars in tubs automatically.

Re: Debate: Acessibility

Thank you for posting this, it was nice to read. :)