(Virtual) Hacking Disability: Accessible & Adaptable Tech
Via Zoom. In 2015, after over a decade of programming, Dr. Naomi Saphra lost the ability to type. Confronted with a programmer's worst nightmare, she began the slow process of learning to dictate code. While attempting to customize her environment, she was confronted with paternalistic attitudes towards disabled people, which framed accessibility as "accommodation." Often, […]