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Why getting more people with disabilities developing technology is good for everyone

  • Written by Kristen Shinohara, Assistant Professor of Computing and Information Sciences, Rochester Institute of Technology
imageAccessible technology is better for everyone, and accessible technology benefits when the people who rely on it most help build it.Chris So/Toronto Star via Getty Images

Unless you’re blind or know someone who is, you might not know that blind people use the same smartphones as sighted people. In fact, many blind people use touch-screen...

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