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access_fandom2014-10-28 07:18 pm
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Making Tech Events Accessible for the Deaf Community
More from Model View Culture: Q and A: Making Tech Events Accessible to the Deaf Community
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The LonCon issues (addressed at greater length in my con report ) included making provision for deaf people with reserved seating at the front of panels, and making provision for wheelchair users with space set aside for them, but not making any provision for deaf wheelchair users because a lot of the reserved wheelchair spaces were at the back, and none were at the front, making it impossible for deaf wheelchair users to lipread, while at the main event the presenters were right off to the side of the large stage, while the seating reserved for people with access needs was right off to the _other_ side of the stage, with wheelchair spaces on the far side of that.