<div dir="ltr">I have conflicts today, but this short article my wife wrote a while back may be of interest for the topic of invisible disabilities. Most people don't realize she is deaf because her hair hides her cochlear implant and hearing aid. Her deaf accent is light enough that some people assume she's from another country. Things changed when she used a wheelchair for a while.<div><br></div><div>Wheelchair opens up new world<br>by Lisa A. Goldstein<br></div><div>October 5, 2000<br></div><div><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20010219050849/www.progressive.org/mpvdgo00.htm">http://web.archive.org/web/20010219050849/www.progressive.org/mpvdgo00.htm</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>Thanks,<br></div><div>Aaron</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Mar 25, 2021 at 8:50 AM Cynthia Bennett <<a href="mailto:cbennet2@andrew.cmu.edu">cbennet2@andrew.cmu.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">





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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Accessibility-lunch <accessibility-lunch-bounces+cbennet2=<a href="mailto:andrew.cmu.edu@lists.andrew.cmu.edu" target="_blank">andrew.cmu.edu@lists.andrew.cmu.edu</a>>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Sara Kingsley<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, March 22, 2021 3:00 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:accessibility-lunch@lists.andrew.cmu.edu" target="_blank">accessibility-lunch@lists.andrew.cmu.edu</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Access Lunch] Reading for this Week<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif">Please find the reading for this week attached, the paper is, "Invisibility in Disability and Assistive Technology."
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif">A few motivating questions for the discussion are below.
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<span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif">Should designers create public awareness campaigns that address and attempt to combat stigma instead? Here, the idea is that addressing stigma could help alleviate challenges persons living with
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif">To access the meeting, please use this Zoom conference link:
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif">Meeting date: Thursday, March 25<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif">Looking forward to our discussion on Thursday.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif">Sara<br clear="all">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Sara Kingsley</b><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">PhD student, Human-Computer Interaction Institute<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">website:<b> </b><a href="http://www.sarakingsley.info" target="_blank">www.sarakingsley.info</a><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>want to chat about research, projects or coursework?</b> <u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">please feel free to schedule time to meet with me at this link, thank you: <a href="https://calendly.com/sarakingsley/schedule" target="_blank">https://calendly.com/sarakingsley/sara-schedule</a><u></u><u></u></p>
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