Something cool that is not happening in London for once!

[cosmolinguist]

I love this, it's so heartening to see engineering students working on something that's actually about disabled inclusion rather than disability dongles like "what if your white cane needed an app."

Lancaster engineers enable people with sight loss to “touch and see” museum exhibits

Happily, I have a connection to Lancaster that I can exploit to see friends as well as go see this! I'm really interested in the "haptic stand," as well as the lithophanes (first time I've heard of those!).

Comments

[cosmicjellyfish]

This is very cool (and yay for non-London-centricity!) Also, thank you for introducing me to the term “disability dongle”.

Thoughts

[ysabetwordsmith]

We need programmers with disabilities, who will make more things that are actually useful.

[forests_of_fire]

I actually saw a video about something like that! Alas, my browser crashed and I lost the link.

[silveradept]

That's very interesting, and I'd like to know how the experience goes if you get the opportunity to work with these installations. This feels like one of those things that might be useful because it was trialed with and gets feedback from people who actually have the conditions that they're trying to find accessibility for.

[lagertha_the_warrior]

That looks fun, hope you enjoy it!

I read the disability dongle article, first time hearing it. It seems like the design students are so out of touch, like they don't consult anyone with a disability for their project. Perhaps they don't? My guess is they're encouraged by their teachers and the university/school to design things "for the people" because it makes them look good.

And now I want a lithophane of my own...

[jesse_the_k]

My, their project was so utilitarian (in the good way)!

Anti-dongleism for the win.