Post #867273

2026-03-25 18:50 UTC

was on a bit of accessibility training today and the sighted person was demoing a screen reader and talking about people who are blind. He started talking about how most screen reader users don&#39;t see and then how all blind folk are naturally slower at doing stuff online. If I hadn&#39;t objected, I don&#39;t think they would have clarified that what they meant was that on sites and so on that aren&#39;t accessible, or designed inclusively they would be slower. However; this is the kind of thing that gets under my skin and I may over react to but is a legitimate issue in terms of framing people with disabilities when giving #a11y and training on accessibility testing

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@dhamlinmusic@dragonscave.space 2026-03-25 18:55

@JStark@caneandable.social Fuck that shit, I bet I can do many things faster on my headless PC with #nvda and my braille display than that dingus can with a monitor and mouse.

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@hippyjo@c.im 2026-03-25 19:05

@JStark@caneandable.social That is disgusting ableism, good for you to speak out. I immediately think about how most people can't even listen as fast as a person who is blind and using a screen reader. Sounds like the trainer made an equally gross attempt to cover their blunder. What a complete knob...

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@zersiax@cupoftea.social 2026-03-25 21:36

@ppatel@mstdn.social @JStark@caneandable.social The fact a sighted person was demoing the screen reader and they were unable to find a perfectly qualified screen reader user to do this is in itself telling. Like fulltime employment being tricky is sad but at least very slightly defensible. But really? You couldn't spare 100 bucks to get a screen reader user in for an hour?

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@DesireeRenae@caneandable.social 2026-03-25 23:57

@JStark@caneandable.social @ppatel@mstdn.social Biggest mistake of all is having a sided person do that demo. They probably use the mouse part of the time. Lol.

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