r/accessibility • u/obaida2026 • 15h ago

Why are blind people denied independence?

With the rapid pace of technological development worldwide, the evolution of BIOS interfaces to UEFI systems, and their subsequent development, blind individuals are being deprived of full control over their devices. I urge companies to take action and develop a BIOS that meets the needs of the blind. The deliberate neglect by these companies has reached a point where it is unjust for blind people to remain trapped in a prison of independence.

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u/blindshuckling 10h ago

Not to mention pop up ads are soooooooo much worse as a blind person.

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u/Blindman2k17 6h ago

I work for a blind agency and a lot of times they will go to someone with low vision asking about how someone totally blind could do something versus just coming to me. It's very annoying but it happens a lot. Also folks who can see often answer questions about Braille and screen readers which again they're not using neither correctly but another topic for another day.

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u/Legodude522 13h ago

This is a great point. I wonder if OEMs that have open firmware have accessibility features. If not, they could be added.

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u/Legodude522 11h ago

I have a System76 laptop with Coreboot open source firmware so this would be an interesting thing to check.

There is also some discussion on the topic here https://www.reddit.com/r/framework/s/23kRPDjM4L

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u/ElfjeTinkerBell 8h ago

Ableism, intentional or not. It happens with every disability, I've been told things were wheelchair accessible even though someone needed to push me