Yes - the main reason I made this post public was to provide a publicly-linkable version of the kind of planning that disabled people need to do when considering attending events. Indeed, if I was more disabled than I am (sensory impairment, non-ambulatory), the list would be far longer.
I have been incredibly spoiled in my social life in that most of the people I know are reasonably clued up about disability, and events such as BiCon have a long history of providing access, with lots of ideas within the community. The sheer amount of effort I've had to put in to be able to attend college has come as a shock, especially considering I know Birkbeck is one of the best institutions in the country for access.
If only taping the speakers was enough to feel like I'd attended the lectures! Unfortunately, scientists have a great tendency to point to graphs and other data, and talk about them in such a way as to be meaningless without having seen the overhead/Powerpoint slide :( I have no idea how most of the speakers I've seen recently would be able to adapt their style for a visually-impaired student or colleague.
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Date: 2010-02-25 10:47 pm (UTC)I have been incredibly spoiled in my social life in that most of the people I know are reasonably clued up about disability, and events such as BiCon have a long history of providing access, with lots of ideas within the community. The sheer amount of effort I've had to put in to be able to attend college has come as a shock, especially considering I know Birkbeck is one of the best institutions in the country for access.
If only taping the speakers was enough to feel like I'd attended the lectures! Unfortunately, scientists have a great tendency to point to graphs and other data, and talk about them in such a way as to be meaningless without having seen the overhead/Powerpoint slide :( I have no idea how most of the speakers I've seen recently would be able to adapt their style for a visually-impaired student or colleague.