i'm part of the disabled persons who can't participate in the current / near future forms of virtual and augmented realities available. as i came to this state after a middling career in technology developing related systems and ive always longed for an augmented experience similar to "pokemon go" that enhances my world with information and whimsy, watching reality bending technology slip from my dream and seeing people in the pandemic interacting with tools i can't use has been really lonely and isolating . i sort of thought no one knew that some disabilities and the future seem to be divergent, or they were only so for me. so it helps to know that there are people who care and who are going to enable everyone to have the chance to experience an enhanced experience with technology, maybe because the future looks brighter but more likely because the present and its people look kinder:)

I love that Shelly has created a great podcast about tech but with accessibility for all alongside. I just finished listening to the episode (#2) about audio description and learned a lot. Netflix deserves kudos for making all their new content with audio description built in—wish that all companies would do this (Hulu, pay attention!).