Visual impairment and accessibility in the community with Ayesha Patterson
Ellie speaks with Ayesha, a community capacity builder with APM Communities who lives with a vision impairment.
They discuss how employers and organisations should embrace the benefits of diversity, by hiring and including people with disability.
They discuss how employers and organisations should embrace the benefits of diversity, by hiring and including people with disability.
- (00:00) - Intro
- (01:38) - Going to school with a vision impairment
- (05:17) - Self-acceptance and sport
- (09:01) - Princess the seeing eye dog
- (11:45) - Challenges and misconceptions
- (13:27) - Finding work with vision impairment
- (18:44) - Workplace accommodations
- (20:32) - Basic inclusion tips
- (22:08) - Accessible communities
- (25:17) - Advice for employing someone with a vision impairment
