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List one thing you know about Accessibility

AffyAvo June 28th, 2018

Please share something you know about accessibility!

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MeaningfulSilence June 29th, 2018

@AffyAvo

Hi Affy, what do you exactly mean with "accessibility" ?

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AffyAvo OP June 29th, 2018

@BeyondTheInvisible Explaining it can be a great starting place I guess!

Accessibility - inclusive access, lack of barriers. People tend to think of the most visible, like ramps instead of just stairs, but there are also aspects that appear to be more subtle to those who don't need them, like walls that reduce an echo/background noise for those who find too much noise to be overstimulating and people hard of hearing. It doesn't just apply to physical spaces either, maybe someone can list something that 7cups is looking to do to improve accessibiility wink

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MeaningfulSilence June 29th, 2018

@AffyAvo

Amazing! yes

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rebecca947 July 4th, 2018

@AffyAvo

An example of accessibility in daily life:

When crossing the streets at traffic lights, the button that you press could have either Braille on it, for people who have blindness or are hard of seeing, and the button could have sensory stimulation to indicate when its safe to cross the street, for people who are deaf or are hard of hearing.

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AffyAvo OP July 6th, 2018

@rebecca947 Great example!

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AffyAvo OP July 14th, 2018

https://www.simplemost.com/sidewalk-bumps/

I was really interested by this article. I had a bit of understanding why they were there, but I never realized all the variations of those bumps on sidewalks, at train stations, etc.