ACCESSIBILITY

 This is a very important thing for me. I have a Visual Impairment. It affects how I read on screens. Different people need to realise this. I think that every site/digital print should have these features for people such as V.I/Dyslexia/Colour Blindness. I use different features such as Black backgrounds with White writing on them. This is quite accessible for me. Some sites/digital print fails tests such as accessibility tests. Recently a site called:https://www.juicedroplet.com/ failed this test. It would need a lot of improvements to make it accessible. I wrote an article about it. It is an enjoyable experience. I sent it over to a cousin who runs the platform for South Asians all around the globe. It's a worldwide thing!

I use different software called Zoomtext/Dragon/MindView. These allow me to read sites/digital print back to you easily. I think voiceovers and talking to the Word doc you're using, allows you to have a hands free/strain free time on the screen. Other people with Dyslexia/Colour Blindness use different colour coded things over the text. This could be colours such as Green/Yellow, or Black/White/Grey. It allows them to see the text easily on the screen. 

Reading on a Black background with White writing makes it easier on the eyes. It creates less looking over your glasses. It's just a case of getting that same link across to the paper version of a book. Maybe, the paper could be Black with White writing. Maybe some books could have Yellow or Green pages. Also, some books could be in all Grey as well. So many pages of paper get wasted everyday. What are we doing to protect the environment? 

Plant a new tree everyday if you can. Don't trouble yourself. It's really important. Even in disabled parking when you're looking. There's no spots in town. They're industrialising town so much, so students can live there as DMU is in the heart of the city. Also wheelchair users find it really difficult to get around these days. There needs to be more ramps around the city. There needs to be ramps so canes/wheelchairs can roll around on tactile surfaces. Using my cane is vital in any situation. It helps me get around. People are more mindful if you have equipment like that. They'll most likely move out of the way to let you walk past them. Some people don't stand to the side straight away. It's quite annoying. 

In the house requirements can be made. Things such as rails/handheld things. Outside loos. Lower and higher rise and fall tables. Other equipment such as computer desks and chairs. Even cooking equipment can be made accessible. There can be bigger symbols on degrees/measurements on measuring jugs etc. Sometimes people get concessions such as mobility cars, they allow wheelchair users to get around to the places they need to go. 

Some other bits of accessible formats are enlarged writing. I read a font size called Arial Bold, 18 point. Other texts include Calibri and Times New Roman. Some different ways of understanding text are Easy Read docs where there are pictures on one side, and the text is next to it. You get things like PEC symbols, which are photos that show other people with challenging disabilities the photos. It allows them to understand things better. With the Hearing Impaired it's better to use audio devices. Subtitles. Audio Descriptions where a person is doing sign language on the side. 

That's all I can think of right now. 

Read this with the utmost care please. 

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