How Knowbility Is Helping Your Child with Special Needs
Don’t you just hate it when you go to a cool new website, but when you go to the URL, it’s inaccessible or under construction? Well, some people with disabilities, maybe even your own child, experience similar frustration every time they want to access the web. Why? It’s simply not available to them due to the nature of their disability.
A recent feature on the NPR show, On the Media, addressed the issue. A portion of the program featured the organization, Knowbility, which works to improve access to the Internet for our growing population of people with disabilities.
Hooray for Sharron Rush and Desiree Sturdevant
Rush is the cofounder and executive director of Knowbility, and Sturdevant is an accessibility experience specialist for the same organization, which is headquartered in Austin, Texas. Sturdevant, who is blind, is able to access about 75% of the web by using software that reads the content aloud to her. But Knowbility also works to make the internet more accessible to people who are deaf, have mobility issues or have cognitive disabilities.
More at On the Media
You can learn more about the organization by reading the On the Media transcript or downloading the audio version. Or go to Knowbility website where you’ll find lots of information and ways to get involved with this important group. If you’ve had experience with Knowbility or other similar organizations, leave a comment. The sooner the Internet is completely accessible to everyone, regardless of their disabilities, the better.
Jolene
Jolene, thank you for this fantastic write-up! It is so important to continue advocating for accessibility. Thank you for mentioning us in this blog post.
Cheers,
Jillian
Dear Jillian,
You’re welcome. Thank you for opening up more of the world to people with disabilities!
Jolene