Devin Prater on Nostr: You know, I'm honestly glad to see people looking at the disability community, ...

You know, I'm honestly glad to see people looking at the disability community, especially blind people in my case, and going "You know, I had no idea it was *this* bad." Like that thread on learning to code for kids? Yeah. Best way is to hit the ground learning through typing in code and hearing the response. It sucks. It really, really does. And the kid, or even teenager or adult, would have to first know how to use their device; iPad, computer, phone, notetaker. And *then* they'd need to learn to code. Like, as blind people, we cannot just pick up a device and automatically know how to use it. We have to learn how to use the screen reader on the device, practice with the device, and then start using it for whatever we picked it up for in the first place. And I know I'm a terrible person for saying this, but I think more people *need* to see these kinds of failings of technology before anything substantial wil be done about it. Because it's so easy to scroll on passed yeah another blind person mad at tech, yeah some screen reader update, yeah foss bad Apple good and all that. But it's another to see a blind person, right in front of you, trying to learn to use an iPad, *and* learn to code, or do whatever on it, at the same time. It's really sad. But honestly, I think more people need to be sad about it before we can move any further as a society on disability issues.