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  • My name is Aleeha, and this is my accessibility story. I am a zoology major at Miami University.

  • There are many things that drive me to be a scientist. I truly believe that a blind

  • person can do whatever they want to do. I've always been interested in animals, so the

  • zoology major was an obvious thing for me, and I want to be a blind veterinarian. Now,

  • I've never heard of a blind veterinarian. With all the research I've done, I've

  • never even seen one. So, you know, it's a little daunting to look at. I think an ideal

  • practice for me would be to be able to work with horses on a daily basis. I plan to work

  • with other animals; but I also plan to do things like physical therapy and acupuncture

  • and alternative therapies that some people, you know, don't know about or maybe are

  • kinda skeptical about. I want to educate them and work with those kinds of therapies that

  • I believe a sense of touch is essential for, and a good sense of touch is really essential

  • for things like this. Software and hardware have very recently been made accessible. The

  • minute it got into my hands I was just extremely excited because, as soon as I started to work

  • with it, as soon as we started using it in practical applications, it was a huge change.

  • Because suddenly I didn't have to rely totally on a lab partner or an assistant to read measurements.

  • You know, it's truly, it's truly eye-opening to - no pun intended right there - to use

  • this technology, become independent, and do other things in the lab. You know, suddenly

  • my lab assistant, you know, sometimes would just stand and make sure nothing catastrophic

  • was about to happen, and I could do everything else. It's amazing, you know, and finally

  • this technology exists. And I'm really happy and I applaud independent science and technologies

  • for making all of this accessible. Though, I would like to see some things in the biology

  • lab become more accessible. Different ways to be able to visualize images from a microscope.

  • The question in my mind has always been, "What does this look like?" What are they seeing?

  • I see an ideal image here, I don't see any errors that might have been made by the person

  • preparing the slide. If that were to somehow become more accessible, that would truly be

  • amazing. With the proper technology and the proper attitude by the people, a blind person

  • can go into this field. Sure there's going to be some barriers because not everybody's

  • willing to accept this. But if we show them the good technology, and we show them what

  • we as blind people can do with that technology I believe we can break down those accessibility

  • barriers that might exist. There are many things that I could say to a young woman who

  • is going into science. The main thing I would say is "You can do it". I don't care

  • what you go through. I don't care how many tests you get back that indicate that maybe

  • you're not doing so well in the class. I don't care how many bad days you have because

  • it's all worth it in the end. To get an accessible experience in labs and in lectures.

  • To learn about all these interesting things that sighted people are doing that maybe we're

  • not included in, and it's about time that we're included in them. So just keep pushing

  • because we're gonna do it, and I have a feeling it's going to be soon.

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アリーハのアクセシビリティの話 (Aleeha's Accessibility Story)

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    阿多賓 に公開 2021 年 01 月 14 日
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