We are moving toward a society, where universal access is becoming a part of legal terms and human rights. Deaf organizations have contributed to this trend. Universal access gives many people more freedom, but it isn't possible without some responsibility.
We have to constantly remind the majority that the society needs small adjustments to give almost unlimited access to different kind of people, to strengthen and push this trend toward universal access.
A good start would be to add a rule for posting on alldeaf.com. That rule would be to require a small description of images one post. It takes a couple of seconds to make a sentence or two.
Alldeaf.com would then be able to themselves with an "universal access" logo, something like this one(I think this one is copyrighted by Apple, but this logo is becoming common in different variants).
Also I am a bit emberassed to see deafblinds ask for descriptions of images from deaf people, while deaf people keep on complaining for subtitles. It's like deaf people aren't able to take some responsibility but just want everyone else to take responsibilty.
I don't like to speak on behalf of other groups, but the reason I raise a voice here is that I have written submisson papers about this at a class in university, and know a bit about this. It's not only disabled organizations and UN who work with this, but also something goverments are taking seriously, and also commerical providers on internet.
What do you think, is it an idea to update alldeaf.com with the latest trends in the information age, beeing a spearhead and state of the art forum for people with limited access many other places?
We have to constantly remind the majority that the society needs small adjustments to give almost unlimited access to different kind of people, to strengthen and push this trend toward universal access.
A good start would be to add a rule for posting on alldeaf.com. That rule would be to require a small description of images one post. It takes a couple of seconds to make a sentence or two.
Alldeaf.com would then be able to themselves with an "universal access" logo, something like this one(I think this one is copyrighted by Apple, but this logo is becoming common in different variants).
Also I am a bit emberassed to see deafblinds ask for descriptions of images from deaf people, while deaf people keep on complaining for subtitles. It's like deaf people aren't able to take some responsibility but just want everyone else to take responsibilty.
I don't like to speak on behalf of other groups, but the reason I raise a voice here is that I have written submisson papers about this at a class in university, and know a bit about this. It's not only disabled organizations and UN who work with this, but also something goverments are taking seriously, and also commerical providers on internet.
What do you think, is it an idea to update alldeaf.com with the latest trends in the information age, beeing a spearhead and state of the art forum for people with limited access many other places?