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cosmolinguistOne of the things I love about volunteering is how random it can be.
Today's this is that I'm going to be in a comic! And so is Gary.
The comic is a training thing for GPs on reaching marginalized groups (I'm representing visually impaired people, they also are consulting a deaf person, an asylum seeker, an unhoused person, and others). Being able to explain in detail the problems I've had accessing my GP (I've needed an appointment since like July and not gotten one!) was actually kinda therapeutic. And the comic is intended to be more interesting than yet another PowerPoint, which is a clever idea, I hope it works.
They wanted an idea of me as a person, not just as An Blind, so asked how old I am, where I live, what do I do for fun, etc. For that last one I had no idea what to say (I play games on my phone and listen to podcasts!) but I mentioned having a dog and everyone perked up, the note-taking person started taking excited notes and immediately asked what his name was (and said Gary was a good name!). The other one asked if I have a photo of Gary, and I was like "do I have any photos that aren't of Gary?" So one of my chores for this evening was to email some Gary photos.
It was so funny to have a conversation that ranged from being asked "so how do screenreaders work?!" to "ooh what kind of dog have you got?!" One of those questions is a lot easier for me to answer than the other, heh.
Today's this is that I'm going to be in a comic! And so is Gary.
The comic is a training thing for GPs on reaching marginalized groups (I'm representing visually impaired people, they also are consulting a deaf person, an asylum seeker, an unhoused person, and others). Being able to explain in detail the problems I've had accessing my GP (I've needed an appointment since like July and not gotten one!) was actually kinda therapeutic. And the comic is intended to be more interesting than yet another PowerPoint, which is a clever idea, I hope it works.
They wanted an idea of me as a person, not just as An Blind, so asked how old I am, where I live, what do I do for fun, etc. For that last one I had no idea what to say (I play games on my phone and listen to podcasts!) but I mentioned having a dog and everyone perked up, the note-taking person started taking excited notes and immediately asked what his name was (and said Gary was a good name!). The other one asked if I have a photo of Gary, and I was like "do I have any photos that aren't of Gary?" So one of my chores for this evening was to email some Gary photos.
It was so funny to have a conversation that ranged from being asked "so how do screenreaders work?!" to "ooh what kind of dog have you got?!" One of those questions is a lot easier for me to answer than the other, heh.
Cool!
Date: 2021-10-12 11:26 pm (UTC)You're an exemplar.
As far as screen readers and dogs: the underlying answer is magic!
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Date: 2021-10-13 01:22 am (UTC)I was interviewed today by someone at one of the big insurance companies about accessibility to services for disabled folk and parents of disabled folk. She took notes, but not nearly as much excitement as a comic would be.
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Date: 2021-10-13 02:19 pm (UTC)