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Blind and Visually Impaired Community

Full History - 2019 - 05 - 22 - ID#brmf2g
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Accommodations and Accessibility (self.Blind)
submitted by libbyleon
I'm working on a project at an arts organization I work for about accommodations for different disabilities for both watching and participating in visual and performing arts programs. Ideally, what accommodations would be best for blind and visually impaired individuals? Additionally, I wanted to check if visually impaired is even the correct term to use? I know the term "hearing impaired" is discouraged in the Deaf community.
CloudyBeep 1 points 4y ago
Most people with vision impairment prefer "blind/low vision", just as people with hearing impairment prefer "deaf/hard of hearing". In order to understand what is happening in performing arts, blind people sometimes use audio description if it's available. For understanding artwork, it can be helpful for the art to be described; in some countries like Italy, tactile forms of artwork have been made, but the effectiveness of something like this obviously depends on the specific artwork.
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