Share to fight prejudice | Elena Brescacin | TEDxAssisi

Описание: How can a blind person interact with informatics?
The internet gives many opportunities, and one of the most important is the personal autonomy in shopping, reading and communication.
Unfortunately, if a sighted person realizes that they are chatting with a blind one, prejudice also creeps into the virtual world. However, we can fight unawareness with exposure; thus, to talk about this issue is the only way to overcome the prejudice.

The main theme of TEDxAssisi: #BacktoSimplicity
In the late Middle Age – as today – lands and goods were owned by few and conquered through war. Their power and richness drove the many to return to simplicity; one of the first and strongest example in history was St. Francis. His rule, founded on brotherhood and simplicity, is still alive today in some phenomenons: sharing economy, peer to peer, open source, purchasing groups, internet of things.
Are we going to have our Renaissance after the current pioneers of simple thinking?

Elena Brescacin is a web developer and a tester of the accessibility of websites and mobile apps for Digital Entity, NTT Data Italia.
Blind from birth, she has been passionate about technology since 1989. In her job she seeks the best technological solutions to make it easier for blind people to use computers, smartphones and tablets; moreover, she checks out new products in the marketplace (including white goods and medical devices) to be sure that they’re absolutely user-friendly and gives feedback to their producers.
Since 2013 she has collaborated with the editorial staff of nvapple.it, a specialized portal about accessible solutions offered by Apple products.

This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx