Time flew really fast after London Summer 2012 Olympics, and just recently Winter Olympics in Sochi were over with Paralympics happening there now. I discussed accessibility of London Olympics and Paralympics, and now I would like to discuss accessibility of the Sochi Games.
Posts tagged as “paralympics”
There are many times when people talk about accessibility, they do not think about making their information accessible via visual means such as real time captioning to those who cannot hear or making recordings accessible before putting them online.
After enjoying the recent Olympics on captioned TV broadcasted by NBC and admiring athletes and performers with disabilities, I got disappointed with Paralympics. I would like to start with the article, “I’m profoundly deaf. So why can’t I be in the Paralympics?” that made me wonder why such a reputable UK publishing company as Daily Mail would let a writer (who calls herself deaf) exaggerate some information. It also got me concerned because it could cause confusion to those not aware about deaf athletes.