by Joané | Jan 23, 2023 | Inspiring ability for everyone
A story about a tree that drastically changed the way I see myself and that helped me put my blindness into perspective… Background I was brought up in a family culture where, as children, we learned words from the Bible off by heart. There are some great verses, but...
by Joané | Jan 23, 2023 | Living with low vision
It’s hard to fill in the blank in that statement, ‘I’m going …’. The shock of hearing that you have a degenerative eye disease is enough to make you think you are dreaming. Thoughts waft through your semi- conscious brain saying, “This is not happening to me“; “this...
by Joané | Jan 23, 2023 | Design for inclusion
I App-reciate and App-laud all the geeks and coders who had to switch gears to help get businesses and services online during Covid. Lockdowns forced with sign-ups, isolation bred innovation and, as stressful as it was, reluctant tech users were launched into...
by Joané | Jan 23, 2023 | Living with low vision
I am so pleased that ordinary technology can help VIP’s (visually impaired persons) – well done to Cape Town Society for the blind and Vodacom. Blind Capetonians get smartphone savvy (by News24) › If you are a technology explorer, maybe you can help a...
by Joané | Jan 23, 2023 | Design for inclusion
Are your services really user-friendly for all your clients? We have all had to ramp up, or vamp up, our online interactions. 2020 is now bookmarked in history as a year we all had to pivot, reshape or adapt to survive. While 20/20 did not give us perfect vision, it...
